Google´s Totally Creepy, Totally Legal Health-Data Harvesting
(WorldNews Health)

The summer after college, I moved back home to take care of my widower grandfather. Part of my job was to manage his medications; at 80, he was becoming a fall risk and often complained his prescriptions made him lightheaded. But getting someone on the phone was exhausting, and privacy law prevented pharmaceutical call-line employees from answering some of my questions about side effects. So, I´d ask Google. I´d sit at my laptop and type incomprehensible words like `methocarbamol` or `meloxicam` into the search bar alongside my concerns. Does it cause dizzy spells? Can you take it without eating? Can you mix it with other medicines? What about caffeine or alcohol? I was 24, overwhelmed, and...