Abbott Labs Beats Class Action Over Meta, Google Info Sharing

Abbott Laboratories Inc. has for now defeated a proposed class action alleging it disclosed the personal information of consumers to Meta Platforms Inc. and Google LLC in violation of federal and state privacy laws.

Lead plaintiffs Lily Nguyen, Emzora Mitchell, and Frank Ortega failed to show the tech companies disclosed individually identifiable health information to Abbott, a necessary element of their claim that Abbott violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act by sharing their data with Meta and Google, Judge Manish S. Shah of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois said Aug. 8. ...