Brandyn Graham

I agree with your perspective on this! As a digital marketer who works for a data company, I understand how valuable data is. Something as simple as a click rate in an email can inform me about what kind of content my customers want to see. However, I think selling data is very problematic and to answer your question, I think any company who does that should have to have a pop-up that comes up on every screen where customers are asked to enter their personal data, informing them that they have sold data in the past. That way customers can decide if they want to move forward with their product or service with this information in mind.

I have been working with Patient Data for over 3-4 years and I can confidently say it’s not easy to protect personal information. When you talk about consent to share your data, a lot of people are not aware of the fact that they are opted-in by default. For example, my parents recently found out that the summary of their visit to a CVS minute clinic was automatically sent to their Primary care physician. They had to opt-out of it. So, when we talk about giving consent for sharing our information, I think there should be full disclosure to what and to who that information is being shared. Also, how is that data going to be used? We share our home address and telephones numbers with all shopping websites when we order online and, that information is stored to make future purchases easier. I feel like that’s too much personal data and can be a threat to privacy if leaked.