EU Financial Institutions Leak Data Through Cookie Trackers
Financial institutions operating in the EU have been found leaking user data through cookie tracking technologies embedded on their websites. The findings suggest that even heavily regulated sectors are failing to prevent third-party trackers from collecting and transmitting sensitive visitor data.
Why this matters: Banks are not supposed to be casual with your data. They operate under strict rules precisely because financial information is sensitive. But a tracker sitting on a login page or account portal does not care about compliance — it just sends data wherever it is pointed. The problem here is not exotic. It is a cookie, the most ordinary piece of web infrastructure there is. If financial institutions cannot manage basic tracker hygiene, the question is not whether regulators should look. It is why they have not already.
Who should care: Cybersecurity · Privacy officers · Administrators
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