Cerebral Disables Tracking Tools That Shared Mental Health Data

Telehealth provider Cerebral said it disabled, reconfigured, or removed online tracking tools from its platform that shared people’s responses to a mental health assessment with third parties such as Meta Platforms Inc.

The company reported the data-sharing to the US Department of Health and Human Services, which is now investigating unauthorized access or disclosure of personal information protected by federal health privacy law. More than 3 million people may have been impacted, according to a case summary.

The inadvertent data privacy breach was tied to the use of “pixels” and other tracking tools made by third parties such as Meta, ...