November 2, 2026
A California federal judge certified four classes of Facebook users who allege Meta Platforms collected their personal health information through data tracking tools on healthcare providers’ websites, rejecting the social media company’s attempts to attack the predominance of common issues.
U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick’s Friday order in the litigation centering on Meta’s Pixel tool greenlights classes for users who had at least one medical appointment, bill payment or diagnostic assessment button-click obtained by Meta; users whose communications identifying a doctor, condition or treatment were acquired; users whose communications with a prescription drug website were collected; and users whose devices were intruded upon by a cookie or setup feature. The class period runs from June 17, 2018, to the present.
“Meta’s opposition confuses complexity — which undoubtedly this action presents — and individualized questions. Various accepted case management strategies can handle the complexity of this case,” Judge Orrick said, adding that “with limited exceptions … plaintiffs and their experts have proposed defined classes and methodologies that allow them, at this juncture, to proceed with certified classes.”
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The plaintiffs are represented by Geoffrey Graber of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll LLP, Jason Barnes of Simmons Hanly Conroy LLP, Andre M. Mura of Gibbs Mura LLP, Beth E. Terrell of Terrell Marshall Law Group PLLC, and Jeffrey A. Koncius of Kiesel Law LLP.
Read Meta Users Win Class Cert. In Pixel Healthcare Data Suit.