Google, Meta Beat Consumer Lawsuit Over Drug-Data Collection

Google LLC and Meta Platforms Inc. defeated a lawsuit alleging they unlawfully collected the personal information of patients seeking treatment for erectile dysfunction through online provider BlueChew.

The plaintiffs failed to provide factual support for their allegations that BlueChew shared their data with Google and Meta in violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act, the California Constitution, the Pennsylvania Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act, and the Maryland Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act, the federal court said Tuesday.

Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín of the US District Court for the Northern District of California granted the tech companies’ separate motions ...