Blue Shield of California exposes data of 4.7 million members to Google
Personal information, including health information, of 4.7 million Blue Shield of California members was exposed to Google. The information was accidentally shared with Google's advertising service, and specific follow-up measures have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Blue Shield of California
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal information, including health information, of 4.7 million members
- Cause / method
- Information accidentally shared with Google's advertising service
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- It was reported that health information of 4.7 million Blue Shield of California members had been exposed to Google.
- It was reported that member information had been accidentally shared with Google's advertising service.
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