John Doe v. Cedars-Sinai Health System

I. BACKGROUND

On December 30, 2022, Plaintiff John Doe filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, alleging that Cedars-Sinai disclosed their private information, without their knowledge or consent, to Meta, Google, Microsoft Bing, and other marketing and social medial platforms or businesses. See Dkt. 1-1, Ex. A at 3 (Compl.). Doe alleges that Cedars-Sinai transmitted portions of patients’ private communications with it through tracking code embedded in its website and mobile application, to third parties for the sole purpose of sharing such information with marketing entities. Id. ¶¶ 1, 4. Cedars-Sinai installed the tracking code to obtain insight about how patients and potential patients use its website. Id. ¶ 5. Moreover, “[b]y installing the tracking code . . . Cedars-Sinai enabled the marketing entities to use patients’ Private Information to target them with advertising by yet other, unrelated businesses.” Id. ¶ 6. Doe asserts the following causes of action: (1) violations of California’s Invasion of Privacy Act, Cal. Penal Code §§ 630, et seq.; (2) invasion of privacy in violation of the California Constitution, Article 1, §…