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 ...

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There are countless ways we are tracked online. One of the lesser-known methods is the use of tracking pixels, also referred to as marketing pixels. Tracking pixels can be placed on websites but are ...

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 ...

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 ...

This article was copublished with The Markup, a nonprofit, investigative newsroom that challenges technology to serve the public good. Sign up for its newsletters here. Picture a high school student ...

Think about the Christmas shopping you’ve been doing online – have ads for those same items been following you around the internet? It’s not a coincidence: You’re being tracked! Not by a virus or ...