Atrium Health × Class members
Atrium Health agreed to a settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit over its use of tracking pixels on its patient portal. [33, 52] While some sources reported the fund as $2.1 million, court documents and detailed reports specify a $1.8 million fund. [33, 35, 38] The suit alleged this practice improperly shared patient data with third parties like Meta and Google. The settlement received preliminary court approval on May 22, 2026. [33]
The asset
Settlement for a class-action lawsuit alleging the use of pixel tracking technology on its patient portal disclosed patients' private health information to third parties like Meta and Google without consent. [33, 52]
The record
- Seller status
- Not stated
- Sector
- Healthcare patients
- Modalities
- personal_data, health_data
- Jurisdiction
- US
- Docket
- 25CV057073-590
- Personal data
- The lawsuit alleged that tracking pixels on the patient portal shared personal and health-related information with third parties for purposes like targeted advertising. [33, 52]
What it means if you hold data
This settlement is part of a wave of litigation against healthcare providers for using common web tracking technologies, highlighting the massive privacy risk and liability associated with sharing patient portal data with ad platforms.