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Comment: US hospitals face daunting task in proving online trackers don't pose privacy risks

By Amy Miller ( June 19, 2024, 17:09 GMT | Comment) -- The biggest hospital lobbying group in the US is trying to convince a US judge that information collected by website trackers can’t be used to identify anyone specifically and isn't protected under federal law. But that may prove difficult, if hundreds of pages of academic studies, new reports and other documents submitted by the US government showing how trackers can expose sensitive health information are more persuasive to a federal judge in Texas.The biggest hospital lobbying group in the US is trying to convince a US judge that information collected by website trackers like Google Analytics or Meta Pixel isn't protected by federal law because it can’t be used to identify anyone....

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