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Director of Sociotechnical Research @themarkup @CalMatters. Author of Uberland. ex-Sr. Researcher @datasociety. ex-@Uber. Views my own
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The form asked my permission to share my health data. Then it wouldn’t let me say no.

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By Alex Rosenblat
| Piedmont Exedra
To experience what patients have to do to opt-out of having their data shared, I went to doctor’s appointments in seven states. One clinic showed me how easily dark patterns force patients to share their data with big healthcare networks, even when the privacy form they’re signing explicitly says they can opt-out.
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The form asked my permission to share my health data. Then it wouldn’t let me say no. Original

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By Alex Rosenblat
| CalMatters Verified
Welcome to CalMatters, the only nonprofit newsroom devoted solely to covering issues that affect all Californians. Sign up for WhatMatters to receive the latest news and commentary on the most important issues in the Golden State. When Paula Stannard, one of the federal government’s top healthcare privacy officials, visited her eye doctor this year, she was asked to sign a form, acknowledging she’d received a privacy notice about how the office would use her health data.
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During my kid's surgery, I was denied a copy of my consent form

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By Alex Rosenblat
| The Markup Verified
Hello World Help us understand the challenges patients face opting out of voluntary uses of their data, or getting access to their records. By Alex Rosenblat Hello readers, I'm Alex, the Director of Sociotechnical Research at The Markup and CalMatters, and I'd like to talk about privacy in the context of healthcare. For more than seven years, I've been opting out of voluntary uses of my data when I go to medical appointments.
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