Comment Re:Partially true (Score 1) 671
Well, sure, but why should any of us pressure google into helping people in general to keep this stuff secret from insurers, then? It's not like we'll get them to only keep our own information private; this going to apply to all of the insurance company's customers, and we (like all their other customers) will be hit by the globally higher premiums.
I can see why the subset of people who are currently exploiting this information asymmetry for profit (i.e. people with above-average risks who can keep that fact secret) would like to pressure google for more confidentiality about this, but everyone else shouldn't.
It's kinda like saying "I like to sell people lemons, so google should really not return any results related to the state of specific used cars, because that hurts my special interest." Lemon seller would like that, pretty much everyone else wouldn't, so why would people in general possibly support that kind of thing?
And just as a reminder, none of this touches concerns about keeping data from the government or employers, it's just about the "keep insurers in the dark" part. The other concerns would have to be addressed seperately, and I happen to think that keeping personal data out of the government's hands is in fact, a good idea.