"Nine of the ten largest publicly traded US health insurance, hospital, and laboratory companies had advertising and analytics trackers installed on user-registration or login pages, raising significant privacy concerns."
"About 15 percent of the broader sample of health websites examined could read exact keystrokes on login pages, meaning third parties could collect sensitive information like Social Security numbers and medical diagnoses."
"An academic study published in Health Affairs found that 98.6 percent of US hospital websites included third-party tracking, indicating a widespread issue in the healthcare sector."
A Bloomberg-Feroot investigation reveals that nine out of ten largest US health companies have advertising trackers on their login and registration pages. This practice allows third parties to potentially collect sensitive information such as Social Security numbers and medical diagnoses. Despite previous findings and reports highlighting the issue, little has changed in the online tracking landscape of healthcare websites. An academic study indicated that 98.6 percent of US hospital websites utilize third-party tracking, raising concerns about regulatory failures and persistent privacy violations.
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