BetterHelp to pay $7.8 million to 800,000 in health data sharing settlement - eviltoast

BetterHelp has agreed to pay $7.8 million in a settlement agreement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over allegations of misusing and sharing consumer health data for advertising purposes.

    • BrikoX@lemmy.zipOP
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      6 months ago

      At least it’s not a class action lawsuit, where lawyers would take 50-70% of the settlement first.

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      6 months ago

      Crazy, the things people buy from youtubers and podcasters. It’s like people want to be scammed

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        6 months ago

        the culture of consoomtion, it is fucking disgusting.

        while i aint gonna pretend that precarious economic conditions are direct result of over consumption, it surely does not fucking help.

        stop fucking buying shite you don’t need and spending money you don’t have because some fucking twat said you need it.

        before anything changes for the better, every one will need to fix themselves.

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      6 months ago

      No, it means they will double down on it, since the fine is so small that it is irrelevant.