The telehealth company Cerebral and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission have struck a settlement in which Cerebral will pay $7,000,000 to resolve charges that it mishandled patients’ private health information.
Online treatment and medication management for a range of mental health issues, such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and substance misuse, are offered by Cerebral, a remote telehealth company.
The corporation notified 3.2 million users of its websites, applications, and services in March 2023 of a data breach, stating that the use of tracking pixels on its platform had resulted in the exposure of their personal data.
According to the FTC’s lawsuit, Cerebral and its former CEO, Kyle Robertson, violated the company’s cancellation policy and disclosed customers’ private health information to third parties for advertising purposes read more Cerebral to pay $7 million settlement in Facebook pixel data leak case.
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