Wellstar Health System agrees to pay $4.25 million in privacy class action deal
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Wellstar Health System will pay $4.25 million to settle a lawsuit alleging it shared patient data with Meta and Google via tracking tools.Summary
Wellstar Health System agreed to pay $4.25 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging it disclosed protected health information to third parties such as Meta Platforms and Google by installing tracking tools on its public website and the "Wellstar MyChart" patient portal; the suit, filed in April 2024 and certified as a class action three months later, claims that approximately 870,000 individuals had their data exposed between February 19, 2020 and July 22, 2026, while Wellstar denies any wrongdoing.
(Source：The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)