If you’ve ever logged into an Allina Health patient portal, paid a medical bill online through their website, or scheduled an appointment through their digital system, your personal and health-related information may have been shared with third-party companies without your knowledge or consent. A $12.5 million settlement says you may be owed money for it.
Allina Health System — a Minnesota-based healthcare network operating hospitals and clinics across the Upper Midwest — agreed to pay $12.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging it used tracking pixel technology on its websites that transmitted patient data to third-party analytics providers. The data potentially included IP addresses, clinical navigation details, and information about which pages patients visited — data that could reveal what conditions they were researching, what appointments they were scheduling, and what bills they were paying.
Approximately 2.5 million people are covered by the settlement…