Headway Patient Advances Suit Over Info Sharing With Google (1)

Mental-health services clearinghouse Headway must face most claims of a proposed class action alleging it shared the personal health information of patients with Google LLC in violation of California’s privacy laws.

The anonymous plaintiff adequately pleaded the elements of his wiretap claims under the California Invasion of Privacy Act and his invasion of privacy claims under the California Constitution, Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín of the US District Court for the Northern District of California said Monday.

He also met the pleading standard for claims under the California Consumer Privacy Act and section 632 of the California Penal Code, the state’s eavesdropping ...