( October 16, 2026, 03:57 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Plaintiffs accusing Google of violating the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act by tracking online users’ movements across health websites asked a US federal judge to certify a proposed class. If approved, the class would consist of all Google accountholders in the US served by Gundersen Health System, Kaiser Permanente, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare, MedStar Health, Shannon Medical Center, or Edward-Elmhurst Health and who, between October 2017 and the present, communicated health information to their provider through a patient portal containing Google source code.See attached file. ...
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