Health Information Sharing Claims Against Facebook, Health Care Sites Dismissed

Mealey's (May 11, 2017, 1:00 PM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — Because the plaintiffs in a privacy lawsuit against Facebook Inc. agreed to the social network’s data and privacy policies, a California federal judge on May 9 found that their claims related to the purported sharing of information gathered from visits to health-related websites failed in light of this consent (Winston Smith, et al. v. Facebook Inc., et al., No. 5:16-cv-01282, N.D. Calif.)....