Your phone's location can reveal doctor visits, and data brokers sell it
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HIPAA doesn't cover phone location data gathered near clinics and hospitals, so brokers can use it to guess health details and target ads. Six states ban selling precise location data. You can limit tracking by restricting apps' location access and turning off ad tracking in your phone's settings.
Source: KFF Health News
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