Researchers find that tracking pixels—small pieces of embedded code that can transmit user data to third parties—significantly increase data breach risk on hospital websites. Subscribe to our ...

What are tracking pixels and why has the Garante intervened? Tracking pixels are transparent images of an extremely small size, just one pixel, which are not directly contained within the email but ...

Rutgers researchers encouraged hospitals to leverage homegrown, first-party tracking pixels to avoid healthcare data breaches, rather than relying on third-party pixels that can send sensitive user ...

Companies that embed tracking pixels on their websites face a fast-growing wave of consumer privacy lawsuits, with filings tied to web tracking on pace to reach new highs in 2026. Federal regulators ...

An investigation by The Markup found that pixel collects data from many students using other websites, including high schoolers who sign up for financial aid and college testing. Then the code shares ...

In the world of digital marketing, tracking pixels have long been the secret sauce for companies trying to understand their customers. These tiny, invisible bits of code are embedded in websites and ...

Our readers are aware that when they surf the internet, their data may be shared via the use of third-party pixel tracking technologies (such as those employed by Meta, Google, and Microsoft, to name ...

April 13, 2026 - Somewhere between talent acquisition's "let's measure applicant conversion" meeting and the first plaintiff demand letter, the careers page on websites became a privacy trap. That is ...