Source 1 | 2022-11-28
“Indiana-based integrated healthcare system Community Health Network notified 1.5 million individuals of a data breach stemming from the use of third-party tracking technologies from companies like Facebook and Google.“
“As previously reported, Meta (Facebook’s parent company) is facing scrutiny over the use of tracking pixels on hospital websites and even inside password-protected patent portals. Tracking pixels are typically used for tracking visitor activity and trends and for targeted marketing. In the case of Community Health Network, the health system said it used the tracking tech to “better understand how patients and other users interacted with our website.”“
“Upon learning of concerns about the use of third-party tracking technologies by healthcare organizations, Community initiated an internal investigation that included engaging a third-party forensic firm to perform a detailed technical evaluation of the technologies implemented on our websites and applications,” the notice explained.“
“On September 22, 2022, we discovered through our investigation that the configuration of certain technologies allowed for a broader scope of information to be collected and transmitted to each corresponding third-party tracking technology vendor (e.g., Facebook and Google) than Community had ever intended,” the notice continued.“
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