The FTC claims that drug discount app GoodRx has been selling user data to Facebook and Google.
that U.S. regulators have criticized GoodRx, a drug discount app that millions of Americans use to find cheaper prices on prescription medications. The app’s creator, GoodRx Holdings, was charged by the Federal Trade Commission with improperly disclosing users’ private health information to tech giants Facebook and Google.According to the FTC, GoodRx’s actions broke a federal law requiring fitness trackers and health apps to alert users when their data is compromised.
the FTC claims that between 2017 and 2020, GoodRx uploaded the contact details of customers who bought specific medications to Facebook, enabling the business to locate customers’ social media profiles. Afterward, GoodRx used this data to target users with medication ads on Facebook and Instagram. According to the FTC, GoodRx’s public pledges to “never provide advertisers any information that reveals a personal health condition.” were broken by these actions.
According to Samuel Levine, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, “Digital health companies and mobile apps should not cash in on consumers’ extremely sensitive and personally identifiable health information.”
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