Facebook data collection Another new claim has been added. Facebook, which has been accused of collecting the information of its users for many years, may now be in trouble for hospitals. Allegedly, sensitive information of US patients, such as their medical condition, medication, and doctor’s appointments Meta can be accessed by
Facebook may be secretly collecting patient data
Data security site The Markup, USA top 100 hospitals analyzed the website. According to the claim in the report, when a doctor’s appointment button is clicked in 33 of these hospitals, Meta Pixel A tool known as the .exe worked and sent data to Facebook.
It was reported that the information sent to Facebook servers was linked to the patient’s IP address and was used to identify a specific person. So this leads Facebook to find out who made the appointment request.
The Markup report included an example of examining the Cleveland Medical Center’s website. Clicking the “online appointment” button on a doctor’s page caused Meta Pixel to run in the background. Allegedly, Meta Pixel, doctor’s name and the “used in the search section”abortion” he conveyed to Facebook.
A similar situation occurred for the test for the Froedtert Hospital. When clicking the button to make an appointment for a doctor on the website; The text typed in the search section, the doctor’s name and the ailment was posted to Facebook.
your data Sending to Facebook server shows that millions of patients are at risk. According to the report shared by the American Hospital Association, 33 hospitals hosting Meta Pixel will only be in 2020. More than 26 million patients made the recording.
Both the hospitals in question and Meta denied their claims that such an agreement was made. In addition, it is unclear for now whether hospitals or Meta inform patients about this issue.
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