Australia’s privacy watchdog has handed down its first ruling on the use of online tracking pixels, finding searches related ...

Every time you open an email, someone may be watching, because hidden within it could lie a tracking pixel—one of the most potent marketing tools today. When you open an email, it quietly pings the ...

The Australian Privacy Commissioner has found, in two separate determinations, that health service providers Medmate ...

Several Australian health service websites have been covertly tracking visitors and transmitting sensitive health information ...

Online tracking tools such as pixels are moving to the forefront of the debate about healthcare policy. Last month, the American Hospital Association and several allies in Texas sued the U.S. Health ...

The Federal Trade Commission joined the U.S. Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights this week in reminding healthcare organizations about their responsibilities for third-party disclosures ...

Researchers find that tracking pixels—small pieces of embedded code that can transmit user data to third parties—significantly increase data breach risk on hospital websites. Subscribe to our ...

Amazon's audiobook subsidiary, Audible, was hit with a privacy class action over its use of the Meta tracking pixel. The plaintiffs accuse the company of collecting user data, including reading ...

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On 12 June 2025, the French data protection authority (CNIL) launched a public consultation on a draft recommendation regarding the use of tracking pixels in emails. This recommendation roughly ...