by Advocate Aurora Health, a nonprofit healthcare system with 26 U.S. hospitals, admitted this week that it leaked patient data because it used third-party web-tracking technology such as Google and Meta. , 3 million all patients have been notified. Advocate Aurora Health explained that the system will embed a Meta Pixel or a tracker from Google in a specific website or app to record the interaction between the website and users, so as to assess patient preferences and trends and use it to improve services.
