BREACH AT HEALTH INSURANCE GIANT BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA LEAKED HEALTH DATA OF MILLIONS TO GOOGLE - SEE IF YOU ARE AFFECTED

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Blue Shield reported a data breach affecting 4.7 million members due to a misconfiguration of Google Analytics between April 2021 and January 2024. Protected health information, including insurance details, medical claims, and patient information, was inadvertently shared with Google Ads, though no Social Security numbers were exposed. Blue Shield has since implemented safeguards to prevent similar incidents from occurring.