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# How a news investigation shed light on potential patient privacy violations
- URL: https://werd.io/how-a-news-investigation-shed-light-on-potential-patientprivacyviolations/
- Published: 2022-09-18T22:21:16.000Z
- Updated: 2022-09-18T22:21:16.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:22

“The health system said the tracking tool was intended to help track the success of a promotional campaign to connect more patients to its MyChart patient portal, which involved Facebook advertisements. But it was configured improperly, which allowed Meta to obtain patient information such as email addresses, phone numbers, computer IP addresses, contact information and appointment details.” [#Technology](https://werd.io/tag/Technology)

\[[Link](https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2022/09/how-a-news-investigation-shed-light-on-potential-patient-privacy-violations/)\]