How companies make billions selling medical records

Companies make billions of dollars by mining data from our internet searches, our purchase histories, and — our medical records. That’s the subject of Adam Tanner’s new book, “Our Bodies, Our Data.” Tanner is this year’s University of Alaska Fairbanks Snedden Chair of Journalism. He spoke with APRN’s Lori Townsend about where the information is coming from and why he’s concerned.

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Lori Townsend is the news director and senior host for Alaska Public Media. You can send her news tips and program ideas for Talk of Alaska and Alaska Insight at ltownsend@alaskapublic.org or call 907-550-8452.

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