The Federal Trade Commission has fined online therapy company BetterHelp $7.8 million for allegedly sharing consumer data with third parties like Facebook and Snapchat for advertising purposes.The proposed order — the second recent action…
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GoodRx reported falling revenue for the fourth quarter, but its stock rallied early Wednesday after beating earnings expectations. The company, best known for its drug cost transparency tools, reported $184.1 million in revenue for Q4…
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Cerebral announces its third round of layoffs in the past few months as the beleaguered direct-to-consumer telemedicine company attempts to reorganize and streamline its services.
Cerebral has struggled since the federal government launched an…
Generic drugs giant Dr. Reddy’s is acquiring the U.S portfolio of Mayne Pharma in a deal that includes a birth control pill Mayne has described as its most significant product opportunity.
Under deal terms announced…
By Jill McKeon February 27, 2023 – The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have officially resolved allegations against GoodRx surrounding violations of the FTC Act and the…
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Bradi Harrison, the mother of Jack Nathan, who is the Founder of Happy Jack’s World, an online community and apparel brand focusing on mental health, mainly targeting GenZ and younger Millennials joins eHealth and…
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A healthcare risk prediction algorithm used on more than 200 million people across the country was found to demonstrate racial bias.One-third of the top 100 hospitals in the U.S. were found to be using a tracking tool called Meta Pixel to collect and send patients’ personal health information to Facebook without their consent.
Pulse oximeters – digital products that use infrared light beams to measure the amount of oxygen in the blood – have transformed the way we care for people with conditions from heart failure to COVID, but are inaccurate for people with dark skin.
How do these egregious practices pass through…
The Federal Trade Commission has cited telehealth and prescription drug discount provider GoodRx for sharing sensitive consumer health data with several advertising platforms, in violation of its own privacy promises to consumers.
The agency has filed a proposed order demanding that GoodRx pay $1.5 million in civil penalties for failing to let consumers know about unauthorized disclosures of its data to a list of advertiser platforms. including Facebook and Google.
The company, which is based in California, operates a digital health platform offering prescription drug discounts, telehealth visits and other health services. It captures a wide range of data from consumers who use…
The class action lawsuits filed by Herman Herman & Katz allege Meta Pixel code potentially analyzed, gathered and shared the sensitive medical data of hundreds of thousands of patients across the LCMC Health Systems and Willis-Knighton Health System networks.WHY IT MATTERS
Pixel technology uses a Java tracking script to send an organization’s data to the technology owner, which in this case, is Meta, owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Tracked data could be shared with network marketing partners who target individuals with offers and advertisements.
The new class action lawsuit alleges that visitors to the health system websites may have had their protected…
