Facebook Tells 9th Circuit Users’ Consent Defeats Health Info Collection Suit

Mealey's (December 19, 2017, 1:56 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — In a December 18 appellee brief, Facebook Inc. tells the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that a trial court correctly found that three of the social network’s users’ claims over the collection of their protected health information (PHI) from third-party health-related websites “are barred by their undisputed, affirmative consent to” Facebook’s data policy (Winston Smith, et al. v. Facebook Inc., No. 17-16206, 9th Cir.)....