Mental health charities sharing data with Meta to track website activity

03/06/2023 | The Guardian

Following the recent news, several NHS trusts had been sharing confidential medical information of millions of patients, The Guardian reveals seven of the UK's largest mental health charities had also been using Meta Pixel to track website user activity. On further inspection, only some of the charities had explained they were using the analytics tool in their privacy notice.  

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