How Marketers Know If You're Buying Viagra

The video discusses the goals of pharmaceutical advertising, focusing on how companies track ad effectiveness by linking prescription records with online data. It highlights privacy concerns, ethical issues, and the involvement of companies like Yahoo and pharmaceutical giants. The benefits and risks of such data sharing are explored, along with potential legal and ethical implications. Privacy advocates call for transparency, and regulatory bodies like the FTC are considering investigations.

What are the potential risks for patients when their prescription information is shared with data brokers?

What actions are being considered by regulatory bodies in response to the practices discussed?