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Meta Platforms must face medical privacy class action (www.reuters.com)

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Meta Platforms must face medical privacy class action::A U.S. federal judge said Meta Platforms must face a lawsuit claiming that it violated the medical privacy of patients who were treated by hospitals and other healthcare providers that used its Meta Pixel tracking tool.

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[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 26 points 1 year ago

Why were hospital websites using a tracking pixel? That's on them. Like, Meta is scummy company, but whose choice was it to put a tracking pixel, whoever it's from, on a hospital website?

[-] SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeo 16 points 1 year ago

I wonder if it was the hospitals that put the pixel there. Portals are usually outsourced to software vendors. If so many hospitals did it it might be the vendor's stupid choice.

[-] yemmly@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

If you use the Meta-provided “find us on Facebook” icon on your Web site, it works like a tracking pixel.

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