Justin Sherman reports: The leak of the draft decision overturning Roe v. Wade has prompted numerous stories about the privacy of health data. For instance, Vice reported that data broker SafeGraph was collecting and selling the GPS locations of people who visited abortion clinics—in many cases, likely without their knowledge. There have also been numerous concerns raised about period tracking apps and other technologies…
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This Children’s Hospital Network Was Giving Kids’ Information to Facebook
When parents scheduled an appointment for their children on the Nemours page, Facebook received that information By: Alfred Ng and Simon Fondrie-Teitler One of the largest pediatric networks in the country was sending personal information about children and their parents to Facebook, The Markup found. Nemours Children’s Health, which serves nearly half a million families…
What is Meta Pixel, the code detected on health system websites in NC and beyond?
Nadia Bey reports: Four of North Carolina’s largest health care providers sent patient information to Facebook through a tool called Meta Pixel, a recent news report revealed, raising concerns about privacy breaches. On Friday, a class action complaint filed in federal court in San Francisco alleged a health data breach. It accuses Meta, Facebook’s owner,…
TikTok says it’s storing US data domestically amid renewed security concerns
Karissa Bell reports: TikTok says it’s achieved a “significant milestone” toward its promises to beef up the security of its US users’ data. In a new update, the company says it has “changed the default storage location of US user data.” As the company notes, it had already stored much of its user data in the United…