
What We're Reading: Mining Your Health Data; Little Awareness of Trump Drug Plan; Wilkie Confirmed for VA
Data-broker companies are mining your credit card purchases, social media habits, online surveys, store loyalty programs, and other bits of information to create your profile and sell to companies interested in making inferences about your health status; 2 months after President Trump released a plan to lower drug prices, most Americans haven’t even heard about it; the United States Senate approved the president's latest pick to lead the troubled Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), confirming Robert Wilkie as the next secretary 86 to 9.
Your Health Data Online: Purchases, Habits Mined and Sold to Create Picture of You
Most Americans Have Not Heard of Trump Drug Plan
Data-broker companies are mining your credit card purchases, social media habits, online surveys, store loyalty programs, and other bits of information to create your profile and sell to other companies interested in making inferences about your health status, an article in
Senate Votes to Approve Wilkie to Lead Veterans Affairs
The US Senate approved President Trump’s latest pick to lead the troubled Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), confirming Robert Wilkie as the next secretary 86 to 9.
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