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Today is Wednesday, November 13th, and this is your FT news briefing.

Some health websites in the UK are sharing sensitive data

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Medical symptoms, diagnoses, drug names, menstrual and fertility data,

this is the kind of information being shared with some ad targeting giants.

An FT investigation found that some of the UK's most popular health websites are sharing

people's sensitive data with Google, Amazon, and Facebook.

And with lesser known data brokers and ad tech firms such as Scorecard and OpenX.

Our reporters used open source tools to analyze 100 health websites including WebMD, Health

Line, and Baby Center.

The investigation found that more than three quarters of the sites dropped cookies, and

these allowed third-party companies to track

individuals activities around the internet. And it was all done without the type of

consent that is legally required. So for instance, menstrual and ovulation cycle information from Baby Center

ended up with Amazon marketing. And symptoms typed into WebMD's symptom checker

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