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There are concerns that personal information put into the website may not be secure in the way that users expect: on January 24, 2015 [[Kevin Counihan]], the C.E.O. of Healthcare.gov, addressed concerns about privacy on the federal website. He said they launched a review of their privacy policies, contracts for third-party tools, and URL construction. He said that Healthcare.gov had encrypted a URL that contained data on users' income, age, and whether they were pregnant.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://op-talk.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/is-your-data-safe-at-healthcare-gov/?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=0 |title=Is Your Data Safe at Healthcare.gov? |first=Anna |last=North |work=op-talk.blogs.nytimes.com |date=23 January 2015 |access-date=28 January 2015}}</ref> | There are concerns that personal information put into the website may not be secure in the way that users expect: on January 24, 2015 [[Kevin Counihan]], the C.E.O. of Healthcare.gov, addressed concerns about privacy on the federal website. He said they launched a review of their privacy policies, contracts for third-party tools, and URL construction. He said that Healthcare.gov had encrypted a URL that contained data on users' income, age, and whether they were pregnant.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://op-talk.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/is-your-data-safe-at-healthcare-gov/?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=0 |title=Is Your Data Safe at Healthcare.gov? |first=Anna |last=North |work=op-talk.blogs.nytimes.com |date=23 January 2015 |access-date=28 January 2015}}</ref> | ||
On Jan. 20, 2015, the | On Jan. 20, 2015, the Associated Press reported in an article titled: "Government health care website quietly sharing personal data" that HealthCare.gov is providing access to enrollees' personal data to private companies that specialize in [[advertising]]. The data may include age, income, ZIP code, whether a person smokes, and if a person is pregnant. It may also include a computer's Internet address, which can identify a person's name or address when combined with other information collected by [[information broker|data brokers]] and [[online advertising]] firms.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}} | ||
There is no evidence that this data has been misused, but connections to dozens of third-party tech firms were documented. Some of these companies were also collecting highly specific information.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Alonso-Zaldivar, Ricardo|author2=Gillum, Jack|title=Government health care website quietly sharing personal data|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/31490a20926d4ed3b98ff2d0ed8fc81d/new-privacy-concerns-over-governments-health-care-website|publisher=Associated Press|access-date=20 September 2015|date=20 January 2015|quote=The government's health insurance website is quietly sending consumers' personal data to private companies that specialize in advertising and analyzing Internet data for performance and marketing, The Associated Press has learned.|archive-date=14 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714061716/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/31490a20926d4ed3b98ff2d0ed8fc81d/new-privacy-concerns-over-governments-health-care-website|url-status=dead}}</ref> | There is no evidence that this data has been misused, but connections to dozens of third-party tech firms were documented. Some of these companies were also collecting highly specific information.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Alonso-Zaldivar, Ricardo|author2=Gillum, Jack|title=Government health care website quietly sharing personal data|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/31490a20926d4ed3b98ff2d0ed8fc81d/new-privacy-concerns-over-governments-health-care-website|publisher=Associated Press|access-date=20 September 2015|date=20 January 2015|quote=The government's health insurance website is quietly sending consumers' personal data to private companies that specialize in advertising and analyzing Internet data for performance and marketing, The Associated Press has learned.|archive-date=14 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714061716/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/31490a20926d4ed3b98ff2d0ed8fc81d/new-privacy-concerns-over-governments-health-care-website|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||