Seve­ral health insu­r­ers have writ­ten direct­ly to insu­red per­sons with a cer­tain medi­ca­ti­on, poin­ting them to che­a­per drugs of the same type. While this approach may seem sen­si­ble due to cost pres­su­res in the heal­th­ca­re sec­tor, it con­sti­tu­tes a data pro­tec­tion violation.

Source: FDPIC – Misu­se of cus­to­mer data for mar­ke­ting pur­po­ses by health insurers