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.

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.

  • JackGreenEarth@lemm.eeEnglish
    271·
    10 months 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.rodeoEnglish
      16·
      10 months 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.worldEnglish
      13·
      10 months ago

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