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Information about you and your medical condition

is sold to junk mailers, junk callers and others.
Let's say you called an 800 number you saw on TV or in a magazine, advertising a product or service regarding your condition.  You expected to only get the information you asked for, but now you're flooded with junk mail and junk calls, pitching anything from adult diapers to diet pills.  That's because, when you called that 800 number, your phone number was 'captured' (even if you blocked it from Caller ID), combined with your name, address, and the medical issue you inquired about Then it was sold.

After a junker buys your file, they can hire another firm to 'append' more data to it, like:

  • the charities you support    • the value of your home    •  the books you buy
  • your religion    • hobbies    • income    • sex    • age      • occupation    • education

 
And then, without your knowledge or consent,
they sold Medical Data about you, that may include:
Allergies/Nasal
Allergies/Wheat
Alzheimer's
Arthritis
Asthma
Athletes Foot
Breast Cancer
Bronchitis
Swallowing Difficulties
Chronic Back Pain
Clinical Depression
Colon Cancer
Constipation
Contact Lenses
Crohns Disease
Dandruff
Dentures
Diabetes- Type 1 / Type 2
Dry/Flaky Skin
Eczema
Emphysema
Epilepsy
Frequent Chapped Lips
Frequent Cold Sores
Frequent Flu
Fungus Infections-Nail/Foot
GERD/Acid Reflux/Ulcers
Gingivitis
Glasses
Glaucoma
Hair Loss/Baldness
Headaches
Hearing Impaired
Hearing Aid
Heart Attack
Heartburn/Acid Indigestion
Heart Disease
High Blood Pressure
High Cholesterol
Hyperthyroidism
Impotence/ED
Incontinence-Urine
Insomnia
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Lactose Intolerance
Low Protein Disorder
Lyme Disease
Menopause
Migraines
Motion Sickness
Multiple Sclerosis
Obesity
Osteoporosis
Parkinson's Disease
Prostate Cancer
Psoriasis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rosacea
Shingles
Spinal Cord Injury
Ulcerative Colitis
Ulcers
Wheelchair Use
Yeast Infections

Note: The above data samples came from a website which sells medical information in the fashion described here.

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