GoodRx will settle claim it shared sensitive health data with advertisers

The telehealth and discount drug provider promised health data would remain confidential and then allowed it to be used for targeted ads.

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VC’s largest funds make big bets on vertical B2B marketplaces

During the waning days of the first dot-com boom, some of the biggest names in venture capital invested in marketplaces and directories whose sole function was to consolidate information and foster transparency in industries that had remained opaque for decades. The thesis was that thousands of small businesses were making specialized products consumed by larger […] Continue reading VC’s largest funds make big bets on vertical B2B marketplaces

GoodRx stops sharing personal medical data with Google, Facebook

The mobile app saves people money but was letting 20 companies know who’s taking antipsychotics, erectile dysfunction and HIV meds, and more. Continue reading GoodRx stops sharing personal medical data with Google, Facebook