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"Blue Shield severed the connection between Google Analytics and Google Ads on its websites in January 2024." They're lying. Look at the page source for the a
by Animats 2y ago
"Blue Shield severed the connection between Google Analytics and Google Ads on its websites in January 2024."
They're lying.
Look at the page source for the announcement of the data breach. Use of both Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics.
<!-- Google tag (gtag.js) -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="/static/js/jquery.cookie.js"></script>
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-KTK4E56VDB"></script>
<script>
...
<script>
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
var check_site_id = 347;
var social_patterns =
['facebook.com/share','twitter.com/share','linkedin.com/share',
'pinterest.com/share','mailto:?subject'];
...
- Animats 2y agoSaved copy of page, in case it is changed: https://archive.is/GB8Ty https://archive.is/GB8Ty
- gundmc 2y agoI'm pretty sure you can use Google analytics without sending the data to Google Ads? I'm not sure why they would lie about correcting the issue.
- darknavi 2y agoTheir News subdomain stack might be completely different than their patient portals.
- kube-system 2y agoThey almost certainly are entirely different tech stacks, and likely not even developed by the same organizations. If you poke around in the source a bit you can find clear evidence that the news site is probably developed by a third party PR firm, who wouldn't typically have anything to do with a patient portal.
- Animats 2y agoNo, that excuse does not correspond to reality. Here's Blue Shield's patient portal: https://www.blueshieldca.com/login https://www.blueshieldca.com/login That will redirect. Do a view source on where it goes, and you'll see both Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics code. (Can't archive that page, unfortunately.)
- wormius 2y agoWent to look at my provider's service portal to see if there was any google analytics. Nothing showed when searching google, but... "...Settings.WebAnalyticsEnabled = 'False';" is set - thank goodness my medical provider's doing it right. (at least on this portion, I'm not digging through all the code or whatever)