The privacy policy for Vital's coronavirus symptom tracker for Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington counties reserves the right to sell residents' personal data.
used in Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington counties in Oregon has a privacy policy claiming the company can sell people’s personal data to advertisers.
The tool asks people to input their age, gender, zip code, and symptoms, as well as any underlying health conditions. It also collects information about location and web browsing history — all of which,, may be sold to “interest-based or online behavioral” advertisers so it can serve personalized ads.
In response to BuzzFeed News, Vital cofounder Aaron Patzer said that the company would be updating its terms of service to reflect its actual practices."We probably moved too fast on our privacy policy, our terms of service, and we made them broad because that’s the easiest thing to do," he said.
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