Chief Healthcare Executive July 24, 2023
Federal agencies say the technology could disclose patient data. Some breaches have been tied to the technology, and the FTC has begun issuing fines.
Health systems, and companies in many industries, use online tools to learn more about their customers, but those technologies carry security risks, federal officials say.
The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Health and Human Services have issued a warning about the risk of data breaches tied to online tracking tools.
The agencies sent a joint letter last week to 130 health systems and telehealth providers to advise them about the privacy risks of tracking tools, including those used by Meta, the parent of Facebook, and Google Analytics. Federal officials said the tools could disclose...
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