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Several Online Pharmacies Leak Sensitive Health Data to Third Parties
Tekijät: Carlsson, Robin; Rauti, Sampsa; Mickelsson, Sini; Mäkilä, Tuomas; Heino, Timi; Pirjatanniemi, Elina; Leppänen, Ville
Toimittaja: Rocha Alvaro, Adeli Hojjat, Dzemyda Gintautas, Moreira Fernando, Colla Valentina
Konferenssin vakiintunut nimi: World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies
Kustantaja: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Kustannuspaikka: Cham
Julkaisuvuosi: 2024
Lehti: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Kokoomateoksen nimi: Information Systems and Technologies: WorldCIST 2023, Volume 1
Sarjan nimi: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Vuosikerta: 799
Aloitussivu: 164
Lopetussivu: 175
ISBN: 978-3-031-45641-1
eISBN: 978-3-031-45642-8
ISSN: 2367-3370
eISSN: 2367-3389
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45642-8_16
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Verkko-osoite: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45642-8_16
Rinnakkaistallenteen osoite: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/387704148
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As the demand for digital services keeps growing, online pharmacies have become a very important part of essential digital services. When sensitive personal data such as medicine orders are processed, privacy issues become increasingly important. In this paper, we take a look at personal data delivered to third parties in 20 Finnish online pharmacies. More specifically, we study whether the data on prescription medicine orders is leaked out to third-party analytics services. Our findings reveal that 14 (70%) of studied pharmacies send out information about the customers intending to order prescription medicines to third parties, and 7 (35%) of the pharmacies even leak the data about the specific prescription medicine a specific customer is ordering. We also discuss implications of the data leaks and give suggestions on how this alarming state of affairs can be alleviated.
Avainsanat:
Data concerning health, network traffic analysis, online pharmacies, Web privacy
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This research has been funded by Academy of Finland project 327397, IDA - Intimacy in Data-Driven Culture.
