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FTC and States Act Against Hims & Hers for Deceptive and Unlawful Privacy Practices

The Federal Trade Commission, joined by Utah and California, by and through Los Angeles County Counsel, today sued Hims & Hers alleging that the telehealth provider shared consumers’ sensitive health information about medical conditions with third-party advertising platforms despite claiming its services maintain consumers’ privacy and deceives users about its billing and cancellation practices. In...

Trump Administration Demands Hospitals Share Emergency Room Records

By Amanda Seitz, Maia Rosenfeld, and Darius Tahir Jul 27, 2026 A tiny federal agency tasked with protecting the public from injuries caused by lawn mowers and coffeemakers is demanding that some of the nation’s biggest health systems turn over detailed, personally identifiable medical records of all patients who seek help at their emergency rooms....

Iowa, 41 other states to receive money from 23andMe settlement

Emery Glover reports: Iowa is now among 42 states that have reached a settlement with the genetics and biotech company, 23andMe. A lawsuit against 23andMe was filed in 2023 after aΒ massive data breachΒ that impacted nearly 7 million people, according to the Iowa Attorney General’s office. The breach reportedly exposed customers’ genetic ancestry information, personal information...

Memorial Healthcare Services Settles Pixel Litigation

Steve Alder writes: Memorial Healthcare Services, a nonprofit healthcare provider serving patients in Southern California, has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit over its use of pixels and other tracking, web analytics, and advertising technologies on its website. The tools are alleged to have been added to the website without the knowledge or consent...

Veradigm Loses Bid to Toss Suit Over Data Sharing With Google

Christopher Brown reports: Health-technology provider Veradigm Inc. must face a proposed class action alleging it shared patients’ health information withΒ Google LLCΒ without consent in violation of state and federal privacy law. The plaintiffs plausibly alleged that Veradigm disclosed their personal health information, and adequately pleaded claims under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the California Invasion of...

Patients Sue Healthcare Corporations Over Data Breaches, Sharing of Personal Information

Mikeie Honda Reiland reports: A suite of recent class action lawsuits in state and federal courts seeks to hold large healthcare corporations accountable for exposing or leaking patients’ personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI). On June 11 in Davidson County Circuit Court, three Jane Does filed suit against CareNow, which operates more...

Healthline Media User Advances Suit Over TikTok Data Sharing

Christopher Brown reports: Healthline Media LLP must face two claims of a proposed class action alleging it shared consumers’ health information with TikTok Inc. and Microsoft Corp. without consent in violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act. Lead plaintiff Daniel Gliksman established that he had standing to sue in federal court, and adequately pleaded...

When AI Informs Diagnosis: Privacy, Consent, and Liability Considerations

Michael J. Madderra, Sydney Reed Swanson, and Roshni Edalur of Morgan Lewis write: AI is increasingly being used to support diagnostics, medical imaging, and remote patient monitoring. While these tools can improve efficiency and expand access to care, they also raise important questions about privacy, transparency, bias, patient consent, and responsibility for clinical decisions. Key...

Rhode Island Enacts Genetic Privacy Law

Libbie Canter, Elizabeth Brim, and Clare Mathias of Covington and Burling write: In what continues to be a busy year for genetic privacy developments, Rhode Island has joined the growing number of states regulating direct-to-consumer (β€œDTC”) genetic testing with its recently enacted genetic privacy law, S 2203. With S 2203, Rhode Island is the fifth...
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