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Wireless Thermometer Shares Your Health Info With Clorox

Clorox paid to license information from Kinsa, a tech start-up that sells internet-connected thermometers which sync up with a smartphone app enabling consumers to track their fevers and symptoms. “The data showed Clorox which ZIP codes around the country had increases in fevers,” according to The New York Times. “The company then directed more ads to those areas, assuming that households there may be in the market for products like its disinfecting wipes."

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