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Hidden third-party tags could be leaving Fortune 100 companies at risk
2019-03-12 06:00

Crownpeak found more than 1,700 tag redirectson websites belonging to companies in the Fortune 100. These hidden third-party tags leave the sites open to potential data breaches under the GDPR and cause a total average latency of 5.2 seconds, in a world where every 100 milliseconds costs sites 1% of their conversions. In the study, researchers separated the tags found on Fortune 100 websites into three categories: First-party tags – tags added directly to the … More → The post Hidden third-party tags could be leaving Fortune 100 companies at risk appeared first on Help Net Security.


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