In Re Meta Pixel Healthcare Litigation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 IN RE META PIXEL HEALTHCARE Case No. 22-cv-03580-WHO
LITIGATION
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Re: Dkt. No. 46
12 INTRODUCTION This case is about defendant Meta Platform, Inc.’s alleged use of proprietary computer code to obtain certain healthcare-related information of Facebook users. According to plaintiffs, the Meta Pixel allows Meta to intercept personally identifiable medical information and the content of patient communications for Facebook users, which Meta then monetizes for its own financial gain. Plaintiffs have brought several federal and state law claims to vindicate the harms that they have allegedly experienced. They ask me to enjoin Meta from intercepting and disseminating their patient information. Our nation recognizes the importance of privacy in general and health information in particular: the safekeeping of this sensitive information is enshrined…