Class Action
Advocate Aurora Pixel
SettledClass claims present
In re Advocate Aurora Health Pixel Litigation
Where it stands
Consolidated before Judge J.P. Stadtmueller. A $12.225 million settlement received preliminary approval in 2023, with an objection and exclusion deadline of December 19, 2023 and a final fairness hearing on March 8, 2024. Allocation: $4,278,750 in attorneys' fees (35%), up to $30,000 in costs, $3,500 service awards for each of ten class representatives, and pro rata individual payments capped at $50.
Note on this record
The precise mix of statutory claims in the consolidated complaint was not verified from the sources reviewed; the claims listed reflect the reported theories (federal wiretap, invasion of privacy, breach of confidence) rather than a verified count-by-count list. Class counsel firms were not identified.The record
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- Case number
- 2:22-cv-01253-JPS
- Filed
- Filing date not established
- Defendants
- Advocate Aurora Health, Inc.
- Plaintiffs
- Approximately 2.5 million patients whose information was disclosed via tracking technologies on Advocate Aurora's website, patient portal and scheduling app between October 24, 2017 and October 22, 2022 and who received a breach notification.
- Technology at issue
- Meta Pixel, Google Analytics and other third-party SDKs on hospital website, MyChart-style patient portal and scheduling app
- Relief sought
- Damages and injunctive relief for impermissible disclosure of patient health data to third-party advertising platforms without authorization or business associate agreements.
- Settlement
- $12,225,000
Claims pleaded
Sources (3)
- Advocate Aurora Health Settles Pixel Lawsuit for $12.225 MillionThe HIPAA Journal · 2023-08-17
- In re Advocate Aurora Health Pixel Litigation, 2:22-cv-01253 — docketCourtListener / Free Law Project
- Advocate Aurora Health $12.2M Pixel Litigation Settlement Approved by CourtThe National Law Review · 2024
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