Telehealth Provider Wisp Sued Over Sharing of Health Information

Telehealth provider Wisp Inc. shared the personal health information of at least one million patients with Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and TikTok without their consent in violation of state and federal privacy laws, a proposed federal class action said.

Plaintiffs B.C., M.D., A.F., and two others alleged that Wisp installed pixels and other tracking technologies on its website, allowing third parties to collect information about patients’ health conditions, treatments, and prescriptions.

Both the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights have warned health care providers that the use of online ...