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Several Online Pharmacies Leak Sensitive Health Data to Third Parties




TekijätCarlsson, Robin; Rauti, Sampsa; Mickelsson, Sini; Mäkilä, Tuomas; Heino, Timi; Pirjatanniemi, Elina; Leppänen, Ville

ToimittajaRocha Alvaro, Adeli Hojjat, Dzemyda Gintautas, Moreira Fernando, Colla Valentina

Konferenssin vakiintunut nimiWorld Conference on Information Systems and Technologies

KustantajaSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

KustannuspaikkaCham

Julkaisuvuosi2024

JournalLecture notes in networks and systems

Kokoomateoksen nimiInformation Systems and Technologies: WorldCIST 2023, Volume 1

Sarjan nimiLecture Notes in Networks and Systems

Vuosikerta799

Aloitussivu164

Lopetussivu175

ISBN978-3-031-45641-1

eISBN978-3-031-45642-8

ISSN2367-3370

eISSN2367-3389

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45642-8_16

Verkko-osoitehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45642-8_16

Rinnakkaistallenteen osoitehttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/387704148


Tiivistelmä
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.

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Julkaisussa olevat rahoitustiedot
This research has been funded by Academy of Finland project 327397, IDA - Intimacy in Data-Driven Culture.


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