These alcohol counseling companies leaked patient data to advertisers for years
by Emma Roth from The Verge - All Posts on (#6AG0F)
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Online alcohol recovery services Monument and Tempest admitted to sharing private patient information with advertisers for years, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. In a disclosure filed with the California Attorney General, Monument (which acquired Temple in 2022) says the tracking tools used on both services may have shared" names, birthdates, email addresses, phone numbers, home addresses, insurance information, and more to advertisers.
Monument and Tempest, which both provide resources for patients struggling with alcohol addiction, say the leak might have also included patients' responses to self-evaluations about their drinking habits, something Monument clearly says are protected" and used only by its care teams. The companies...