Frances Stotter effectively makes some points about your medical privacy – or lack thereof:
Last year, I saw doctors more than usual. One major problem has been my back. So, I got the spinal injections in June. Soon, the ads flooded in, through every medium, TV, Internet, and US mail. They were, and still are, from every kind of spine clinic, painkiller, home health aid, and service imaginable. Coincidence? Then I got the bone density test. Early osteoporosis, said the doctor. Soon, I see the drug ads to treat it, repeatedly, on Facebook and TV commercials. Do these advertisers know about my medical conditions, I wonder? In September, doctors implanted a total knee. I’m home from rehab and healthy now, yet still bombarded with commercials for scooters, stair lifts, and walk-in bathtubs.
How could advertisers possibly learn our medical conditions and target us with those ads?
Read more on AllVoices about one woman’s attempt to understand how others were getting information on her.