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Meta,Hospitals used for using healthcare data in targeted ads
- nonrandomstring 4y agoThe class action lawsuit revolves around a "violation of privacy". I don't think that's the correct attack on Meta, as harm is hard to demonstrate and privacy is hard to define. What is really happening is much more dangerous. People are being discouraged from seeking medical help because they fear that proper confidentiality is not assured. If a single person fears using an online health service because of these big data corporations, and they fail to get a timely medical diagnosis, then said companies harmed that person. That's a real and tangible harm, and what's ultimately going to happen here. The lawyers should change tack. Don't look for victims who claim they "didn't know" Meta was tracking them. Find victims who demonstrably did know, and acted in a negative way. Seek to find evidence that the reasonable expectation of privacy being violated caused someone to be denied healthcare access. Targeted advertising based on grubbing around in people's personal data is disgusting, and Meta and Google are likewise disgusting companies that should not exist in a civilised society.