Health Care & Hospital Law
Jan. 31, 2024
Meta must proceed to discovery in health care tracking litigation
Several firms, including Kiesel Law LLP and Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC, have filed lawsuits on behalf of plaintiffs who claim tracking tools have allowed Meta to intercept identifiable health information.
Meta Platforms Inc. cannot escape allegations that its Pixel tracking tool unlawfully collected users’ medical history when they visited hospital websites as a federal judge in San Francisco denied the tech giant’s motion to dismiss the consolidated litigation.
Whether the Menlo Park company intended to obtain sensitive tracking information without consent should be tested on an evidentiary basis, U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick wro...
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