WEST PALM BEACH — An online tracking tool buried within the code of local hospitals' websites has been collecting patients' health information — including details about their medical conditions, ...

This article was copublished with The Markup, a nonprofit, investigative newsroom that challenges technology to serve the public good. Sign up for its newsletters here. Picture a high school student ...

Documents obtained by 5 On Your Side show a minute-by-minute look at UNC Health’s search to figure out if their patient’s private information was being sent to Facebook’s parent company. For months, 5 ...

Meta's Pixel tracking tool is causing more headaches, this time for people filing their taxes online. The Markup has discovered that large tax prep services like H&R Block, TaxAct and TaxSlayer have ...

H&R Block and other free services who used Meta Pixel reportedly sent peoples' income, filing status, and more extremely sensitive info over to Meta and Google. Reading time 4 minutes The ravenous ...

VillageMD is facing a lawsuit claiming it discloses patients' private medical information through social media tracking. The lawsuit is similar to other suits targeting providers and the use of Meta's ...

A judge has tentatively approved a settlement in a class action lawsuit over patient data at MarinHealth Medical Center. The lawsuit, which was filed last year in Marin County Superior Court, alleges ...

Filing status, dependent names, adjusted gross income...once it's on any of these three websites, it's likely in Facebook's hands. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new ...

For the second time in two years, U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Rochon has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a man who accuses the NBA of illegally using the Meta Pixel tracking tool to disclose his ...

In a significant development for companies targeted by (or vulnerable to) litigation over website data collection practices, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second ...

Think about the Christmas shopping you’ve been doing online – have ads for those same items been following you around the internet? It’s not a coincidence: You’re being tracked! Not by a virus or ...