Eyemart Meets Doubtful Panel Over Meta Health Info Sharing Win

An attorney for Eyemart Express LLC faced skeptical questions from a federal appeals court as she attempted to preserve the prescription-eyeglass retailer’s lower-court win over allegedly sharing health information with Meta Platforms Inc.

The plaintiffs alleged in the proposed class action that Eyemart incorporated online tracking technology from Meta on its website, allowing the social-media company to collect their protected health information without their consent. The US District Court for the Northern District of Texas dismissed the suit after finding that the information shared with Meta wasn’t protected under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a requirement for ...