Data is quite clearly fuelling the economy. That's why the business of collecting, analysing and ring-fencing it is making its way out of search, e-commerce and social media and into every other area of the economy - healthcare, finance, insurance, education and beyond.
A Financial Times investigation last week showed many healthcare websites, including WebMD and Healthline, have been sharing sensitive user data with big technology platforms such as Google, Amazon, Facebook and Oracle as well as smaller firms.
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