Yesterday’s important ObamaCare revelation was the latest in a series of Obama-era developments in which big-government projects prove their conservative critics correct. This particular aspect of the administrative state is, however, worse than incompetence. It’s yet another proof that the government cannot be trusted with the private information it gathers from the public.

This has been an ongoing debate that conservatives have lately been winning handily. Democrats moved to require more transparency in those who make political donations, though the Democrats sought to protect major liberal donor groups like unions. Conservatives said the information would be used to harass and target donors. The Obama administration then promptly proved conservatives right, by doing just that.

Then the IRS scandal came to light. Conservative and pro-Israel groups were targeted for nonprofit status, and part of the targeting was invasive questioning. It was unnecessary and unfairly applied, but conservatives also said the IRS couldn’t be trusted with the information. The IRS then proved them right, going on a leaking spree and releasing confidential information, in some cases to ideological allies for cooperative (and very much illegal) targeting. Concerns about government use of private information have infused opposition to gun-control legislation as well.

And now comes perhaps the least surprising entry in the list: the government’s ObamaCare website is sharing insurance customers’ personal information with advertisers. The Obama campaign and administration have already perfected the art of borderline stalkerish email spamming. Now they want to share the wealth. The AP reports:

The government’s health insurance website is quietly sending consumers’ personal data to private companies that specialize in advertising and analyzing Internet data for performance and marketing, The Associated Press has learned.

The scope of what is disclosed or how it might be used was not immediately clear, but it can include age, income, ZIP code, whether a person smokes, and if a person is pregnant. It can include a computer’s Internet address, which can identify a person’s name or address when combined with other information collected by sophisticated online marketing or advertising firms.

Your address, family plans, and personal habits. The Obama administration wants to share this information with strangers. Besides for the obvious general creepiness of this administration’s behavior on almost every subject, why are they doing this? For precisely the Orwellian reasons you would imagine:

The Obama administration says HealthCare.gov’s connections to data firms were intended to help improve the consumer experience. Officials said outside firms are barred from using the data to further their own business interests.

There is no evidence that personal information has been misused. But connections to dozens of third-party tech firms were documented by technology experts who analyzed HealthCare.gov and then confirmed by AP. A handful of the companies were also collecting highly specific information. That combination is raising concerns.

Let’s agree to disagree on the definition of “misused,” shall we? The first part is truly rich: the government just wants to “improve the consumer experience.” It doesn’t matter that you didn’t, well, ask them to. The government knows what’s best for you, and what’s best for you is the government’s ability to make a quick buck by invading your privacy.

As I said, this isn’t really all that surprising. But it does reinforce an important point: the government cannot be trusted with your personal information. This is a plain fact. It’s possible in the future we’ll have a non-creepy administration. That time is not now.

And it’s not just about what the Obama administration chooses to do with your personal information. It’s also that the ObamaCare portal doesn’t protect that information from companies it didn’t intend to permit to violate you, as opposed to the ones it did:

A former White House chief information officer, Theresa Payton, said third-party vendors are a weak link on any website. She questioned both the number of vendors on HealthCare.gov and the specific details some of them are collecting.

“You don’t need all of that data to do customer service,” said Payton, who served under President George W. Bush. “We know hackers are just waiting at the door, salivating to get at this data.”

Indeed they are. Considering the Obama administration’s record on protecting information from hackers–having social media accounts hacked by ISIS fanboys, the Edward Snowden and Bradley Manning affairs–the public is right to be concerned. In privacy, as in pretty much everything else, the administration has no idea what it’s doing, and seemingly no appetite to remedy that.