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REPORT: Your mental health for sale

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3rd September 2019
Frontpage of mental health report: Your mental health for sale

The full report of Privacy International's study on how popular websites about depression in France, Germany and the UK share user data with advertisers, data brokers and large tech companies, while some depression test websites leak answers and test results with third parties. The findings raise serious concerns about compliance with European data protection and privacy laws.

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