STUDY: 99% Of COVID-19 Data Websites Secretly Track Users

Nearly every governmental and COVID-19 tracking websites employ third-party trackers on users without consent, according to a new study.

“A potential risk from e-governance is that since it represents a unique point of interaction for mandatory and indispensable services for all citizens, it can, unintentionally or not, become a single point of monitoring and tracking for the entire population of a country. A readily available way to achieve that is with the use of Web cookies,” the study says.