Alcohol recovery startups Monument and Tempest shared patients' private data with advertisers

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For years, online alcohol recovery startups Monument and Tempest were sharing with advertisers the personal information and health data of their patients without their consent. \nWhile the new accelerator is open to all startups, AWS\u2019 Global Head of Startups Howard Wright offered some specificity in a blog post announcing the accelerator as to who may full benefit — startups that have a minimum viable product, traction with customers and are working on product value propositions — as well as already building on AWS — will receive most benefit, per Wright. \nmore than 3 million patients who signed up to its services because of a similar years-long leak of data to third-party advertisers

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