Tracking tools found on EU government and health websites

[text_block id=”b1eee3f52ad21fd7947d54cd93d4daa3″ content=”‹¨›p‹˜›Via the BBC‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p class‹´›‹²›story-body__introduction‹²›‹˜›Online tools which track user behaviour for advertisers have been found on a swathe of EU public health websites, including NHS and Gov.uk pages.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›These trackers could compromise sensitive data about people, ‹¨›a class‹´›‹²›story-body__link-external‹²› href‹´›‹²›https://www.cookiebot.com/media/1121/cookiebot-report-2019-medium-size.pdf‹²›‹˜›according to researchers at data protection compliance service Cookiebot‹¨›/a‹˜›. (PDF)‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›The researchers also discovered trackers on 89% of EU government websites.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Most of the trackers were developed by Google.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›They were designed to ‹²›associate web activity with the identities of real people,‹²› Cookiebot said.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Of all the 28 EU member states, only Spanish, German and Dutch government websites were tracker-free.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›‹²›We, of course, expect everyone to fully comply with EU data protection rules and it is the responsibility of EU data protection authorities to ensure compliance,‹²› a spokeswoman for the European Commission said.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›‹¨›a href‹´›‹²›https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47624206‹²› target‹´›‹²›_blank‹²› rel‹´›‹²›noopener‹²›‹˜›Read the full Article‹¨›/a‹˜›‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›#Tracking, #tools, #EU, #GDPR, #health, #Cookies,‹¨›/p‹˜›” paragraph_whitespace=”false” text_size=”” line_height=”” text_color=”” margin=”0px 0px 15px 0px” class=”” _fw_coder=”aggressive” __fw_editor_shortcodes_id=”8b90b5268a5210eb91a326afd74d6e75″][/text_block]