[pacifika]

Allegedly it’s fine because they’re collecting information for internal use and not sharing with third parties, but really the industry is trying to redefine tracking as cross service/site tracking. Well I think they should set the same bar internally

[shawn-butler]

Why?

What is the value in anonymizing your voluntary engagement within a single corporate entity?

As long as that entity provides me with an accurate reporting of access when I request it?

Why for example would I want to make it any more difficult for my doctor at a hospital and the hospital pharmacy to share my confidential health information to ensure I get the right treatment?

[hellfish]

> What is the value in anonymizing your voluntary engagement within a single corporate entity?

Because up to a certain point it isn't voluntary

> Why for example would I want to make it any more difficult for my doctor at a hospital and the hospital pharmacy to share my confidential health information to ensure I get the right treatment?

Because principle of least privilege. This is one example, another could be the doctor sharing health data with an internal hospital logging service, which is utilizing some cloud service, which is utilizing some other cloud service, etc

[pacifika]

1) tech companies should not be Doctors. Apple is not a doctor. 2) there are additional privacy protections around medical uses, for these reasons.

[jensensbutton]

IF it's fine then why was Google data collection ever an issue?