Louisiana Hospitals Hit with Class-Action Lawsuits over Sharing Patients' Data
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Two of the largest hospital networks in Louisiana have been using a tracking code embedded deep in their websites that shares sensitive patient data without the patients' knowledge or consent, according to class-action lawsuits filed by Herman Herman & Katz trial lawyers.
- Known as Meta Pixel, the computer code created by the company that owns Facebook and Instagram potentially analyzed, gathered and shared the sensitive medical data of hundreds of thousands of patients, the lawsuits allege.
- These victims were patients within the LCMC Health Systems network of hospitals in the New Orleans area and Willis-Knighton Health System facilities in northwest Louisiana, according to the lawsuits.
- According to the lawsuits, use of the Meta Pixel in healthcare settings violates various provisions of Louisiana law which generally prohibit the sharing of personal health information with a third party without patient consent.
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