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PrivacyDigestNotice of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DataBreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataBreach</a> | <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BlueShield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlueShield</a> of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#California</a> | News Center Blue Shield of California has begun notifying certain members of a potential data <a href="https://mas.to/tags/breach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#breach</a> that may have included elements of their protected health information. Due to the complexity and scope of the disclosures, Blue Shield is unable to confirm whether any particular member’s specific information was affected. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#google</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/phi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phi</a> <a href="https://news.blueshieldca.com/notice-of-data-breach" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.blueshieldca.com/notice-of-data-breach</a>

Hackread.com<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlueShield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlueShield</a> healthcare insurance provider exposed info of 4.7 million members to Google for years due to a misconfigured <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GoogleAnalytics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GoogleAnalytics</a> setup - A huge privacy failure.Read: <a href="https://hackread.com/blue-shield-leaked-millions-patient-info-google-years/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackread.com/blue-shield-leaked-millions-patient-info-google-years/</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CyberSecurity</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Privacy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Healthcare</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a>

The New Oil<a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/BlueShield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlueShield</a> of California leaked health data of 4.7 million members to <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a><a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/blue-shield-of-california-leaked-health-data-of-47-million-members-to-google/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/blue-shield-of-california-leaked-health-data-of-47-million-members-to-google/</a><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cybersecurity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/DataBreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataBreach</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/healtchare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#healtchare</a>

Todd AlströmNotice of Data Breach from Blue Shield:"On February 11, 2025, Blue Shield discovered that, between April 2021 and January 2024, Google Analytics was configured in a way that allowed certain member data to be shared with Google’s advertising product, Google Ads, that likely included protected health information. Google may have used this data to conduct focused ad campaigns targeted back to you.”<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlueShield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlueShield</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataBreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataBreach</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoogleAnalytics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GoogleAnalytics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoogleAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GoogleAds</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#data</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#healthcare</a>

Some Bits: Nelson's LinkblogBlue Shield / Google disaster: For three+ years Blue Shield has been giving Google private medical data that Google then used to target ads. <a href="https://news.blueshieldca.com/notice-of-data-breach" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.blueshieldca.com/notice-of-data-breach</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/blueshield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blueshield</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/california" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#california</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#google</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fraud</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ads</a> #-

Peter Riley<a href="https://toot.cafe/@chartier" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@chartier</a> Dec 21st, 6 Luigi’s took banners to the Lamar pedestrian bridge in downtown <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Austin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Austin</a>, and danced to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mario</a> theme song. Pedestrians, cheered, wrote letters to Luigi, and even took photos with the banners. Letters ranged from heart wrenching stories about family members being denied healthcare to love letters. Flyers calling out <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlueCross" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlueCross</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blueshield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blueshield</a> the largest health insurance company in Texas, were handed out. <a href="https://austinautonomedia.noblogs.org/luigi-rally-austin-tx/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://austinautonomedia.noblogs.org/luigi-rally-austin-tx/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DenyDefendDepose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DenyDefendDepose</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthinsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#healthinsurance</a>

DB 🌱💦UPDATE: According to the Polk County Sheriff's website <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BrianaBoston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BrianaBoston</a> has been released with no charges. The GoFundMe sent a message to all who donated that they'll receive a refund. This is good news. She did nothing wrong. Free speech must be protected, not criminalized. Personally, I hope she sues the badges off those fascists. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DelayDenyDepose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DelayDenyDepose</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BlueCross" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlueCross</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BlueShield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlueShield</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CEO</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/UHC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UHC</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LuigiMangione" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LuigiMangione</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈"I would rather Brian Thompson were alive and Blue Shield carried on with their Anesthesia price cap, it's the moral high ground"Yeah, I'm sure all the wailing on the internet made them change their mind, unlike all the other times....gee.....what could have been different this time round?<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BriantThompson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BriantThompson</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlueShield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlueShield</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPOL</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<a href="https://mastodon.fixermark.com/@mark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@mark</a> Well if they insist....<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlueShield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlueShield</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnitedHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedHealthcare</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BrainThompson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BrainThompson</a>

joe•iuculano :mastodon:Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RawStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RawStory</a> @ 4:44pm<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Anthem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Anthem</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BlueCross" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlueCross</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BlueShield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlueShield</a> has backed off plan 2 restrict how anesthesiologists r paid amid an uproar from a trade groupThe change, proposed 4 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Connecticut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Connecticut</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewYork</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Missouri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Missouri</a>, would have restructured how anesthesiologists can b charged 4 their work in surgeries 2 work more like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Medicare</a> reimbursements; they would only b paid 4 a certain amount of time, & if the surgery ran longer, possibly due to complications, that would not be billable<a href="https://www.rawstory.com/health-care/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rawstory.com/health-care/</a>

Phangurl Di 🖖WTF?!! <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Insurance</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/BlueCross" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlueCross</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Anthem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Anthem</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/BlueShield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlueShield</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewYork</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Connecticut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Connecticut</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Missouri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Missouri</a> (Thanks to <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/WilsonCruz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WilsonCruz</a> for posting this on social media.)

azteclady<a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/PSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PSA</a>: also important to know, if you are "covered" by BlueShield in New York, Missouri or Connecticut: if there's a complication during your surgery and you have to be under anesthesia longer than the penny pinchers have decided is "normal", they won't pay for the "extra" time.<a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/USHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USHealthcare</a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/BlueShield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlueShield</a> <a href="https://www.asahq.org/about-asa/newsroom/news-releases/2024/11/anthem-blue-cross-blue-shield-will-not-pay-complete-duration-of-anesthesia-for-surgical-procedures" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.asahq.org/about-asa/newsroom/news-releases/2024/11/anthem-blue-cross-blue-shield-will-not-pay-complete-duration-of-anesthesia-for-surgical-procedures</a>

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:whwhatblue cross blue shield wants to stop covering anesthesiology drugs behind a fixed amount of time during_surgeries_?so if a surgery goes longer than their time allotment, coverage stops on_anaesthesia_?i meani mean there's also the whole "nothing says quality medicine like rushing a surgery team" butHOLY SHIT YOU MONSTERS<a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vWA2aQYXDbo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vWA2aQYXDbo</a><a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#medicine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BlueCross" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlueCross</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BlueShield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlueShield</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insurance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/AmericanHealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmericanHealthCare</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/IsEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IsEvil</a>

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