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Re:Mental-health information 'sold to advertisers' by reaperducer on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @03:52PM (#20880765)
a week later I received a targeted snail mail ad for the condition using my full legal name, which only the DMV, my doctor, and the property assessor use

I had something similar happen. When I told my doctor, he blamed the drug store chain (Walgreens in this case) for selling the information. I don't know if that's true, but my doctor believes it.

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Re:Mental-health information 'sold to advertisers' by perl4ever on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @10:44PM (#20883433)
I was unhappy that CVS sent me promotional snail mail based on my prescriptions, but I don't know what I can do about it, since I assume they have lawyers that told them it was legal under HIPAA.

I also get text messages from them that have links that may or may not allow the retrieval of health information, which also bugs me inasmuch as there's no way to opt out (at least not without ending all text messages).

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