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Privacy experts say this could be a bad thing, duh.
In a world that's edging ever toward dystopian fiction, it's not surprising that information on where you shop, what you eat, and who you vote for could be used by corporations to make decisions about your health.
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that some companies, like the steadily nefarious Walmart, are hiring outside "employee wellness firms" to mine employee data. The information they collect ranges from what employees buy and where to what prescriptions they're getting filled—in theory, in order to identify employees with certain health conditions and make predictive suggestions to help manage their healthcare.
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