“Academic research by Senator Elizabeth Warren has shown that over 60 percent of bankruptcies are medical-related.

In essence Experian can follow an individual from her first sneeze to her final unpaid hospital bill.”

(Experian failed to respond when asked to comment.)

[EFF staff technologist Cooper] Quintin agrees this poses a real threat.

“I would say that’s totally possible.”

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