Becker's Healthcare September 20, 2022
Naomi Diaz

Lawmakers are pressing Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to hand over a “comprehensive and precise” description of the sensitive medical data it gathers.

During a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Sept. 14, Sen. Jon Ossoff said “there’s been substantial public reporting, controversy and concern about the Meta Pixel product and the possibility that its deployment on various hospital systems’ websites, for example, has enabled Meta to collect private health care data.”

Mr. Ossoff demanded that Meta tell the U.S. Congress, whether it is collecting, has collected, has access to, or is storing, medical or health data for U.S. patients.

In response to Mr. Ossoff’s probe as to whether the company has...

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