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Your Phone Knows You’re at the Doctor, and Data Brokers Do, Too — Then Profit From It

By Michael Scaturro, KFF Health News · October 30, 2026

The Federal Trade Commission told a data company it could no longer sell data it collected from hundreds of millions of Americans’ mobile devices when people visited hospitals, dialysis clinics, or abortion clinics. But little is stopping other companies from doing so. In the absence of federal protections, some…

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Your Phone Knows You’re at the Doctor, and Data Brokers Do, Too — Then Profit From It

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