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Vitalant is a blood bank company. In their privacy policy, they claim to not sell or share your data. However, their website has embedded trackers for Meta and Google, which can be verified by looking at Brave Shields within Brave Browser.{{InfoboxCompany
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==Consumer-impact summary==
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{{Placeholder box|Overview of concerns that arise from the company's conduct regarding (if applicable):
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* User freedom
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* User privacy
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* Business model
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==Incidents==
'''Vitalant''' (formerly '''Blood Systems, Inc.''' and merged with '''Central Blood Bank''') is a blood bank company. In their privacy policy<ref name="Vitalant Privacy Policy">{{Cite web |author= |title=Vitalant Privacy Policy |url=https://www.vitalant.org/privacy-policy |website=Vitalant |date=23 Dec 2024 |access-date=24 Mar 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260218193040/https://www.vitalant.org/privacy-policy |archive-date=18 Feb 2026}}</ref> they claim to not sell or share your data. However, their website has embedded trackers for [[Meta]] and [[Google]], which can be verified by looking at Brave Shields within Brave Browser. This is especially an issue for Vitalant, since they deal with people's private medical information.
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[[File:Vitalant website trackers in Brave 4 June 2025.png|thumb|Vitalant trackers indicated by Brave as of 4 June 2025.]]


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==Consumer impact summary==
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==Incidents==
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This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
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==Products==
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==See also==
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