Class Action
Novant Health Pixel
SettledClass claims present
In re Novant Health, Inc.
Where it stands
A $6.66 million settlement fund was preliminarily approved and later granted final approval, with class members receiving pro rata shares after fees and costs. Novant denied wrongdoing.
What is not confirmed
The exact final approval date and the statutory counts in the operative complaint were not verified. HIPAA itself provides no private right of action, so reporting that describes 'HIPAA violations' as a claim should be read as shorthand for state privacy and contract theories. Class counsel were not identified.The record
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
- Case number
- 1:22-cv-00697
- Filed
- Filing date not established
- Defendants
- Novant Health, Inc.
- Plaintiffs
- Up to 1,362,296 patients who used Novant Health's MyChart patient portal between May 1, 2020 and August 12, 2022 while Meta Pixel code was active on the platform.
- Technology at issue
- Meta Pixel deployed on Novant Health's MyChart patient portal and marketing campaign pages
- Relief sought
- Damages for invasion of privacy, breach of contract and unauthorized disclosure of protected health information to Meta without a business associate agreement.
- Settlement
- $6,660,000
Claims pleaded
Sources (3)
- Novant Health $6.6 Million Settlement OK'd in Meta Pixel SuitBloomberg Law
- Novant Health Settles $6.6 Million Pixel Privacy Breach LawsuitThe HIPAA Journal · 2024-01-16
- In re Novant Health, Inc., No. 1:22-cv-697 (M.D.N.C.)CaseMine
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