Healthline Media Sued Over Data Sharing With TikTok, Microsoft

Healthline Media LLC collected and disclosed the personal information of visitors to its website to TikTok Inc. and Microsoft Corp. in violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act, a proposed federal class action said.

Daniel Gliksman alleged that Healthline, an online provider of health information, installed tracking tools from TikTok and Microsoft on its healthline.com website that allowed it to collect data from visitors without their consent and communicate it to third-party platforms and advertisers.

Data disclosed by the company included information concerning sensitive health-related topics such as abortion or sexually transmitted diseases, according to a complaint filed Monday ...