My employer and local hospital sold my protected health information to Facebook and Google

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Location: Cincinnati

We were just notified of this settlement: https://www.tchsettlement.com

I am a patient and employee of this company, do I have grounds for breach of contract (I honestly don’t fully understand what that means yet) and should I not sign the settlement? Health data is incredibly profitable and the 37.50 seems like a slap in the face (I understand most of the settlement money goes to the legal team). Essentially, what are my rights and what is a good way to go about all of this? I feel abused and disgusted, I’m trying to keep my emotions out of it as best I can.

Comments

  1. Internet_Ghost Avatar

    Aside from the breach itself, what are your damages?

  2. Special-Steel Avatar

    You have three choices it seems

    Sign on to the settlement agreement
    Don’t join the class action and sue by yourself
    Do nothing

    The hospital is out several million dollars. They have been punished. If everyone tries to get a lot more, you bankrupt the hospital and get something like this anyway.