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In a first-of-its-kind ruling, California-based online pharmacy GoodRx on Wednesday agreed to pay $1.5 million in civil penalties, following a Federal Trade Commission investigation that found the company shared users’ health data with Big Tech firms, including Facebook and Google.
In a first-of-its-kind ruling, California-based online pharmacy GoodRx on Wednesday agreed to pay $1.5 million in civil penalties, following a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation that found the company shared users’ health data with Big Tech firms, including Facebook and Google.
According to The New York Times, the FTC accused GoodRx’s parent company, GoodRx Holdings, of sharing information on the prescription medications and illnesses of millions of its users, for advertising and marketing purposes.
In the FTC’s complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the agency also claimed GoodRx did not notify consumers that their personal health data would be shared with third parties and that it misled consumers into thinking their data was protected.
