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Third-Party Data Leaks in the Websites of Finnish Social and Healthcare Districts




TekijätPuhtila, Panu; Vuorinen, Esko; Rauti, Sampsa

ToimittajaRocha, Álvaro; Adeli, Hojjat; Dzemyda, Gintautas; Moreira, Fernando; Poniszewska-Marańda, Aneta

Konferenssin vakiintunut nimiWorld Conference on Information Systems and Technologies

KustantajaSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

Julkaisuvuosi2024

JournalLecture notes in networks and systems

Kokoomateoksen nimiGood Practices and New Perspectives in Information Systems and Technologies: WorldCIST 2024, Volume 1

Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimiLecture Notes in Networks and Systems

Vuosikerta985

Aloitussivu139

Lopetussivu152

ISBN978-3-031-60214-6

eISBN978-3-031-60215-3

ISSN2367-3370

eISSN2367-3389

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-60215-3_14

Verkko-osoitehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-60215-3_14

Rinnakkaistallenteen osoitehttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/457045184


Tiivistelmä
With digitalization, the use of essential social and healthcare services online has become increasingly prevalent. In this paper, we conduct a survey on the websites of Finnish social and healthcare districts and determine to what extent, if any, they leak their users’ personal data to third parties through the use of the collection and tracking of user data and actions with the web analytics tools. Our findings show that 82.6% of the studied websites leaked personal data to outside actors, but the extent and contents of these data leaks varied. Our study also demonstrates that in many cases, privacy policies of the studied websites do not always report personal data items transferred to third parties and fail to adequately inform users. The cookie banners of the studied websites were also found to contain several dark patterns.

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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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