Obamacare website reins in personal data sharing

Citing Healthcare.gov’s many technology glitches, they wrote: “This new information is extremely concerning, not only because it violates the privacy of millions of Americans, but because it may potentially compromise their security.”

To be fair, the software tools used by Healthcare.gov were popular services that help improve a website’s design (CNNMoney uses them).

But health officials would not explain why DoubleClick, a company in the advertising industry that already tracks people’s browsing habits, should be allowed to know whether users smoke or are pregnant.

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