Your Govt, Selling Your Personal Data To The Highest Bidder
The President talked pretty talk about privacy and techno threats to it in the State of the Union address:
"No foreign nation, no hacker, should be able to shut down our networks, steal our trade secrets, or invade the privacy of American families, especially our kids. We are making sure our government integrates intelligence to combat cyber threats, just as we have done to combat terrorism."
Oopsy. Peter Suderman at reason notes that the President said this on the same day it was revealed that HealthCare.gov shares citizens' private information with outside marketers:
Earlier tonight, the Associated Press reported that HealthCare.gov, the federally run web portal for Obamacare's health insurance exchanges, has been quietly sharing potentially identifying personal information, including age, zip code, and Internet address, with as many as 50 third party advertising and marketing agencies. The White House could not say how it was ensuring that the outside firms were complying with federal data privacy guidelines, according to the AP. In September of last year, the Government Accountability Office reported that HealthCare.gov still had security vulnerabilities that left personal information submitted to the site "at risk."
And regarding "no foreign nation" being able to "invade the privacy of American families," they'd just have to get in line. Beyond the HealthCare.gov selling of citizens' info, there is the DEA and NSA spying on us.
So, what we really need is to "combat cyber threats" from our own government.
No promises on that, unfortunately, from the President.








Sharing . . .potentially identifying personal information . . . with as many as 50 third party advertising and marketing agencies."
Sorry to be so cynical; but, I'm surprised that it is only 50. Not at all surprised that they are doing this.
charles at January 21, 2015 6:40 AM
Obi's a sociopath. Lies without any thought to it. Far worse than Bill.
Stinky the Clown at January 21, 2015 8:23 AM
Yeah, that's the government's job!
Conan the Grammarian at January 21, 2015 10:04 AM
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