Friday, April 07, 2023

WATCH OUT! Widespread Third-Party Tracking On Hospital Websites Poses Privacy Risks For Patients And Legal Liability For Hospitals

 



4 days ago · Third-party tracking is used on almost all U.S. hospital websites, endangering patient privacy, a cross-sectional observational study found.
3 days ago · On April 3, Health Affairs published a research article entitled, “Widespread Third-Party Tracking On Hospital Websites Poses Privacy Risks ...
3 days ago · Researchers found that hospitals' widespread use of third-party tracking code allows companies not subject to the HIPAA privacy protections ...
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Nearly all nonfederal acute care hospitals' websites track and transfer data to a third party, potentially fueling the unwanted disclosures of patients' ...
4 days ago · Over 98% of hospital homepages made at least one data transfer to a third-party, which could pose risks for patient privacy.
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4 days ago · “Hospitals are facilitating the profiling of their patients by third parties,” researchers wrote. “These practices can lead to dignitary harms, ...
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2 days ago · The widespread presence of third-party tracking technologies on hospital websites has sparked patient privacy concerns.

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