ZoomCare Defeats Privacy Class Suit Over Use of Google Analytics

ZoomCare convinced a federal court that a proposed class action—alleging that using Google Analytics on its medical appointment booking website violated the Electronic Communications Privacy Act—should be dismissed.

To the extent the plaintiff claims ZoomCare should be held liable for getting someone else to intercept her communications , she can’t proceed. And she failed to allege facts to support the claim that by violating its Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act obligations, ZoomCare should be ineligible for the ECPA party liability shield, John H. Chun of the US District Court for the Western District of Washington ruled ...