Talkiatry Patient Advances Class Action Over Meta Info Sharing

Mental-health treatment provider Talkiatry Management Services LLC must face some claims of a proposed class action alleging it shared the health information of patients with Meta Platforms Inc. without consent in violation of state and federal privacy laws.

The anonymous lead plaintiff adequately stated claims of invasion of privacy and violations of the California statute prohibiting the use of a pen register without a court order, Judge Sunshine S. Sykes of the US District Court for the Central District of California said Wednesday.

Sykes dismissed the plaintiff’s claims under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and the California Invasion of ...