FTC sues Hims & Hers for allegedly sharing patient information with third-party platforms
Popular telehealth provider Hims & Hers "shared consumers’ sensitive health information with third-party advertising platforms such as Meta and Snap despite promising to protect patient privacy," the federal government alleges.
Telehealth provider Hims & Hers allegedly shared customers’ information with third-party advertising platforms even as the firm told consumers it was safeguarding their privacy, a federal agency claimed in a lawsuit filed Wednesday.
Hims & Hers gave “sensitive health information about medical conditions” to Snap, Meta and others, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
“Hims shared its consumers’ health information with advertising platforms by sharing lists of certain customers with those companies,” the FTC said in a press release.
Source: https://therecord.media/hims-hers-privacy-lawsuit-ftc
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