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State AG Hits Hospital With $300K Fine for Web Tracker Use (www.bankinfosecurity.com)
submitted 10 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You think that’s bad? Try this:

https://www.statnews.com/2022/06/16/facebook-meta-pixel-hospitals-data/

[–] Drusas@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's the same topic, just focused on Facebook instead of one hospital chain.

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Instead of “one hospital uses multiple trackers” it’s “a shit ton of hospitals use this one tracker without even realizing they did.”