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Your privacy online: Health information at serious risk of abuse, researchers warn

Posted: 23 Feb 2015 09:26 AM PST

There is a significant risk to your privacy whenever you visit a health-related web page, some researchers warn. An analysis of over 80,000 such web pages shows that nine out of ten visits result in personal health information being leaked to third parties, including online advertisers and data brokers.