Meta, Plaintiffs Support Referral to Relate Pixel Tracking Healthcare Cases

Meta supports Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph Spero’s referral to determine relationship of Nancy Murphy et al. v. Meta Platforms (docket 23-cv-00899) to another Meta Pixel Healthcare class action (3:22-cv-3580), said a Sunday filing in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Francisco. Plaintiffs in Murphy allege healthcare provider Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals installed Meta’s pixel tracking tool on its online patient portal, leading Meta to receive patients’ protected healthcare information in violation of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. The plaintiffs agree the case is related to the consolidated action. The court granted a motion to consolidate four related cases in October. Plaintiffs in the consolidated action and in Murphy bring parallel claims against Meta, seeking to represent a class of hospital website and online patient portal users who allege their data was collected through Meta’s pixel tool. Each set of plaintiffs also assert privacy-related claims against Meta.