Once you understand what email tracking pixels do, you'll want to block them—just like me. These silent trackers report your online activities to the sender, letting them know exactly when and how you ...

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 ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — When you go online, whether from your phone, laptop or tablet, many times you’re being watched. A fact that many online users we spoke with say is becoming the norm. “It’s ...

Last month, the Federal Trade Commission’s newly launched Office of Technology published a blog post entitled “Lurking Beneath the Surface: Hidden Impacts of Pixel Tracking.” If you skim the post, you ...

The FTC issued a deep dive on pixel tracking technology and how the tools can negatively impact healthcare and consumer data. Consumers may not realize that tracking pixels exist as they’re invisibly ...

Think about the Christmas shopping you’ve been doing online – have ads for those same items been following you around the internet? It’s not a coincidence: You’re being tracked! Not by a virus or ...

This article was copublished with The Markup, a nonprofit, investigative newsroom that challenges technology to serve the public good. Sign up for its newsletters here. Picture a high school student ...

Online tracking tools such as pixels are moving to the forefront of the debate about healthcare policy. Last month, the American Hospital Association and several allies in Texas sued the U.S. Health ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — When you go online, whether from your phone, laptop or tablet, many times you’re being watched. A fact ...