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FTC fines GoodRx $1.5 million for sending consumer health data to Google and Facebook

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February 05, 2023, 05:42 PM
Jupiter
FTC fines GoodRx $1.5 million for sending consumer health data to Google and Facebook
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Originally posted by jljones:
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Originally posted by konata88:
I’m know I was around but I must have missed it. There was a time when I would buy something and anything shared was just between me and the company. When did sharing personal info become a thing? And when/why is it acceptable?

This sharing and breaching of information should be criminal.



Let’s face it, people were cool with the idea of GoodRX commuting a crime as long as pharma was the victim. Now, that it is perceived that the user is the victim (which I’m
Going to guess there is fine print that the user agreed to in this) it’s totally a double cross and someone needs to go to jail.

Fact is, people are gullible.


Exactly who do you think thought GoodRX was committing any sort of crime and was fine with it as long as it saved them money?


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February 05, 2023, 05:55 PM
jljones
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Originally posted by Jupiter:
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Originally posted by jljones:
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Originally posted by konata88:
I’m know I was around but I must have missed it. There was a time when I would buy something and anything shared was just between me and the company. When did sharing personal info become a thing? And when/why is it acceptable?

This sharing and breaching of information should be criminal.



Let’s face it, people were cool with the idea of GoodRX commuting a crime as long as pharma was the victim. Now, that it is perceived that the user is the victim (which I’m
Going to guess there is fine print that the user agreed to in this) it’s totally a double cross and someone needs to go to jail.

Fact is, people are gullible.


Exactly who do you think thought GoodRX was committing any sort of crime and was fine with it as long as it saved them money?


Obviously the people who thought it was magic that $800 worth of prescriptions was $20.

Exactly.


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February 05, 2023, 05:57 PM
Jupiter
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Originally posted by jljones:
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Originally posted by Jupiter:
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Originally posted by jljones:
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Originally posted by konata88:
I’m know I was around but I must have missed it. There was a time when I would buy something and anything shared was just between me and the company. When did sharing personal info become a thing? And when/why is it acceptable?

This sharing and breaching of information should be criminal.



Let’s face it, people were cool with the idea of GoodRX commuting a crime as long as pharma was the victim. Now, that it is perceived that the user is the victim (which I’m
Going to guess there is fine print that the user agreed to in this) it’s totally a double cross and someone needs to go to jail.

Fact is, people are gullible.


Exactly who do you think thought GoodRX was committing any sort of crime and was fine with it as long as it saved them money?


Obviously the people who thought it was magic that $800 worth of prescriptions was $20.

Exactly.


I think most people thought $800 was the price fools pay.
Come to think of it, that old lady who flashed her GoodRX card did look like she was up to no good.


Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas

"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
-- George Orwell

February 05, 2023, 06:33 PM
ZSMICHAEL
Well we have Mark Cuban in the game for generics only and now Select Care. When you Google Goodrx Select care comes up as the first choice. Talk about paying Google for placement. Let them eat each other, I don't care. The Chinese probably have all my information already. Think of all the hosptial records that have been hacked. That medical information is the real nitty gritty.
February 05, 2023, 07:51 PM
ZSMICHAEL
Let me add that the generic I take came off patent in 1998. Any research costs have been recouped. The company has a similar brand name drug which acts the same. they just changed an isomer and can market it as a new drug.

I am certain that the Big Pharma makes a profit even at 21 dollars.
February 06, 2023, 04:50 PM
ZSMICHAEL
https://www.healthwarehouse.com/
Another option for rural folks. Mail order. Some of my physician friends mentioned it.