Technology commentator Alex Sims digs into cookies and tracking pixels - and explores what makes them different.

Tracking pixels let social media companies spy on users even after they click over to advertiser sites, gleaning credit card info, geolocations, and more.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — When you go online, whether from your phone, laptop or tablet, many times you’re being watched. A fact that many online users we spoke with say is becoming the norm. “It’s ...

Last month, the Federal Trade Commission’s newly launched Office of Technology published a blog post entitled “Lurking Beneath the Surface: Hidden Impacts of Pixel Tracking.” If you skim the post, you ...

Healthcare startups are scrambling to reassess how their websites and apps are built, and how third parties may, inadvertently or not, be putting patients’ protected health information at risk. In ...

Every time you open an email, someone may be watching, because hidden within it could lie a tracking pixel—one of the most potent marketing tools today. When you open an email, it quietly pings the ...

Online tracking tools such as pixels are moving to the forefront of the debate about healthcare policy. Last month, the American Hospital Association and several allies in Texas sued the U.S. Health ...

On 12 June 2025, the French data protection authority (CNIL) launched a public consultation on a draft recommendation regarding the use of tracking pixels in emails. This recommendation roughly ...