Vast majority of US hospital websites are sharing visitor data with Big Tech companies
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Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania recently analyzed 100 non-federal acute care hospitals (those with an emergency room) across the country and found that a whopping 96 percent transmitted user information to third parties. If that weren't bad enough, the team was only able to find publicly accessible privacy policiesRead Entire Article

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