Client Names are displaying in non-SimplePractice website Search boxes

My client's names are displaying in search boxes of webpages outside of SimplePractice!

I believe SimplePractice is using common names to identify its search box names (like "search") in its web pages. This same name is being used by other websites to identify their search boxes. My client names are appearing as pre-fill suggestions in other website search boxes when I use Chrome.

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Details:

I'm using a relatively new version of the Chrome browser (Version 96.0.4664.110 (Official Build) (64-bit))
When I use the SimplePractice "Search Clients" search box (top left of screen -- just right of SimplePractice logo), the client's name is being captured by Chrome for use in other searches (Calendar - SimplePractice.html is using the name="search" in its <input name="search"> tag inside a <form> tag. -- the client's name is being stored in Chrome for future pre-fill suggestions when Chrome sees the same box name ("search")
When another webpage is also using an <input> tag with a name="search" attribute, the client's name appears as a suggestion.

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How do I get this to stop?

Jim Murphy LMFT CHWC (counselor/coach)

January 07, 2022 15:18

January 07, 2022 15:21

January 07, 2022 15:34

You can reproduce this using these steps:

1) Search for one of your clients in Simple Practice: the top search box on https://secure.simplepractice.com/calendar/appointments

2) go to https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/input/search (a tool for learning about and testing html web code)

3) Find the 2nd row of the HTML box -- the row that contains this text: <input type="search" id="site-search" name="q"

4) Change name="q" to be name="search"

5) Click in the "Search the site:" box

6) Your client(s) names will display as suggestions for your search

January 07, 2022 16:39

Client Names are displaying in non-SimplePractice website Search boxes

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