At Ghostery, we did a joint study with Verified Data: Do websites stop tracking if you reject consent?

We chose pharma websites as an example. All US sites and almost all European sites still sent tracking requests to third parties.

We assume it is often unintentional (e.g. misconfigurations). But when we disclosed our findings, none of the websites reacted.

Blog: https://www.ghostery.com/blog/ghostery-verified-data-consent-study

Study: https://verified-data.com/insights/pharmacy-consent-study/

The approach is described in the PDF: https://verified-data.com/whitepapers/Pharmacy-Consent-Study-Report.pdf

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Users Said “No.” Pharmacy Websites Tracked Them Anyway

Ghostery and Verified Data audited 20 pharmacies in Europe and the U.S. and found tracking continued in most cases, even after consent was rejected.

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Green Parrot expands into Europe!

Approved as a recipient of the Startup Welcome Package NRW grant and will establish our European Sales Office in Düsseldorf, Germany.

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