On 12 June 2025, the French data protection authority (CNIL) launched a public consultation on a draft recommendation regarding the use of tracking pixels in emails. This recommendation roughly ...

Sara H. Jodka of Dickinson Wright PLLC discusses how routine website tracking technologies have been the subject of ...

Every time you open an email, someone may be watching, because hidden within it could lie a tracking pixel—one of the most potent marketing tools today. When you open an email, it quietly pings the ...

The plaintiffs’ bar has been ramping up lawsuits under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) and federal and state wiretapping statutes ...

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Your inbox might look clean once spam is filtered out, but that doesn't mean it is private. Marketing emails and newsletters include tracking pixels that call back to the sender when their images load ...

50 major US retailers sent 42B marketing emails in 28 days. 80% used tracking pixels to monitor clicks, devices, and location. Proton Mail calls the tactics "an engineered assault on privacy." A new ...

Why pharma marketers pulling back on tracking are seeing hidden costs, and what a more sustainable path forward looks like A class-action lawsuit filed against a major pharma brand last week, alleging ...

Did you know that your boss might be tracking when you open and read her emails? Or that anyone who operates a mailing list can see when you open their emails, thanks to read receipts? But did you ...

Researchers find that tracking pixels—small pieces of embedded code that can transmit user data to third parties—significantly increase data breach risk on hospital websites. Hilal Atasoy and ...