Topic
Website Tracking
107 published works
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
FTC and OCR Issue Joint Website Tracking Warning Letter
By Amy A. Perry
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued a joint letter (“Joint Letter”) (https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/FTC-OCR-Letter-Third-Party-Trackers-07-20-2023.pdf) to approximately 130…
Byte Back
Privacy Litigation Update: Plaintiffs Assert VPPA Claims Against Fast-Food Restaurant
By Former Attorney Dustin Taylor
Keypoint: Plaintiffs’ attorneys continue to expand lawsuits relating to website tracking technologies. Chick-fil-A once again found itself in the spotlight last week when it was named as a defendant in…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Chick-Fil-A Sued for Sharing Data through Meta Pixel
While plaintiffs’ attorneys were initially focused late last year on suing health care entities for using Pixel and other tracking technology to share information about website users with social media…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Are your web trackers violating HIPAA?
By Peter Vogel
HealthInfoSecurity.com reported “Federal regulators warned healthcare entities over commercial web traffic trackers embedded into patient portals, saying their use may violate patient privacy law.” The December 1, 2022 report entitled…
Privacy and Cybersecurity
HHS Warns HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates That Use of Website Cookies, Pixels, and Other Tracking Technology May Violate HIPAA Rules
By Patricia (Trish) M. Wagner, Brian G. Cesaratto, Alaap B. Shah, Shira M. Blank, Karen Mandelbaum, Jenny Nelson Carney, Alexander J. Franchilli
On December 1, 2022, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a bulletin warning that commonly used website technologies, including…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Class Action Lawsuits Continue Targeting Companies For Tracking Users’ Website Activity
Plaintiff’s firms continue to file variations of state law wiretapping lawsuits over “session replay” software and “live chat” or “chatbot” applications in various jurisdictions.
Hunton Retail Law Resource
Class Action Lawsuits Continue Targeting Companies For Tracking Users’ Website Activity
By John J. Delionado, Natalia San Juan
Plaintiff’s firms continue to file variations of state law wiretapping lawsuits over “session replay” software and “live chat” or “chatbot” applications in various jurisdictions. These filings typically allege that companies…
PracticePanther Blog
Law Firm Data Security: VPNs and How Data is Tracked
Web tracking and data collection are useful tools for businesses, but they contribute to a significant amount of the risk of being on the internet and can impact law firm…
Technology and AI
Blacklight.
By Greg Storey
A “real-time inspection tool” that scans websites for tracking technology. Who is peeking over your shoulder while you work, watch videos, learn, explore, and shop on the internet? Enter the…
Explorations with Information and Technology
Legal Information & Web Trackers
By David Whelan
Government web sites are not necessarily places that we expect to track us. There was a fascinating read over on The Markup on the high cost of free web sites.…