UPMC, Advocate Aurora, Duke face lawsuits over Meta Pixel

Five months after a media investigation revealed that hospitals have been feeding Meta delicate affected person info by a monitoring device on their web sites, distinguished programs like UPMC, Advocate Aurora, and Duke Well being are nonetheless contending with the ensuing authorized motion.

The Markup and STAT Information co-published an investigation in June that discovered one-third of Newsweek’s prime 100 U.S. hospitals have been utilizing a tracker known as Meta Pixel that sends Meta, previously generally known as Fb, knowledge at any time when sufferers schedule physician’s appointments. The info collected consists of particulars about sufferers’ medical circumstances, prescriptions, and appointments. The primary lawsuit that adopted the investigation — an nameless MedStar Well being System affected person who sued Meta — got here simply days after it was printed.