This cross-sectional study examines whether hospital websites have accessible privacy policies and whether those policies contain key information related to third-party tracking.
Did you read the article? Google is not an insurance company. So, why is my hospital sharing information with them? And why wasn’t that disclosed in the privacy policy?
Those are the types of questions this study raises.
Thank you, someone who actually read the study not just the title!
Median data transfer to third parties is 9 per website. Those third parties? Mostly advertisers and marketers, most commonly google.
The disclosed purpose of collecting that data and transmitting to other companies? They literally tell you it’s for marketing and advertising in their privacy policy.
Did you read the article? Google is not an insurance company. So, why is my hospital sharing information with them? And why wasn’t that disclosed in the privacy policy?
Those are the types of questions this study raises.
Thank you, someone who actually read the study not just the title!
Median data transfer to third parties is 9 per website. Those third parties? Mostly advertisers and marketers, most commonly google.
The disclosed purpose of collecting that data and transmitting to other companies? They literally tell you it’s for marketing and advertising in their privacy policy.