33 top US hospitals sent website users' medical information, including their locations, to Meta: report
, hospitals are required to safeguard sensitive medical data and not share it with external organizations. But 33 of the top 100 hospitals in the US, including Johns Hopkins Hospital and New York-Presbyterian, had a tracker called Meta Pixel on their site, per the June 16 report from The Markup.is a code that logs visitors' activity and sends the data to Meta. Meta analyzes the data and lets website owners know how powerful their ads are on Facebook and Instagram.
The outlet found that seven health systems shared details about patients' allergies, medications, upcoming appointments, and their sexual orientation with Meta via Meta Pixel.
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