Virtual Eating-Disorder Clinic Can’t Duck Pixel Tracking Lawsuit

Virtual health-care provider Eating Recovery Clinic LLC must face a proposed class action allegations that it violated users’ privacy by sharing their sensitive medical data with Meta Platforms Inc.

Judge Vince Chhabria of the US Northern District of California knocked down ERC’s arguments for dismissing the claims plaintiff “Jane Doe” brought under two state privacy laws, but he did grant the motion to drop one alleging unfair competition.

ERC’s website offers users tools to schedule or learn about its services for mental and eating disorders as well as diagnostic quizzes, symptom searches, and other features. Unbeknownst to patients, Doe’s Oct. ...