cognitive cybersecurity intelligence

News and Analysis

Search

Sharing hospital website user data with 3rd parties is common, study shows

A new analysis revealed that community hospitals inadequately disclose third-party tracking technologies to consumers, with roughly 75% acknowledging data use for marketing purposes. Conducted on 90 hospital websites, the analysis revealed the majority were transferring data to third-party domains and most policies failed to provide adequate privacy information. Consequently, the misuse of online tracking tools could potentially be subject to enforcement by regulatory authorities.

Source: www.healthcareitnews.com –

Subscribe to newsletter

Subscribe to HEAL Security Dispatch for the latest healthcare cybersecurity news and analysis.

More Posts