FTC sues Hims & Hers for allegedly sharing patient information with third-party platforms
The Federal Trade Commission has sued telehealth company Hims & Hers, alleging it shared sensitive patient health information with advertising platforms including Meta and Snap while publicly promising to protect user privacy. The complaint centers on a gap between what the company told patients and what it allegedly did with their data.
Why this matters: People using telehealth services are often sharing some of the most sensitive things about themselves — medications, diagnoses, symptoms they might not even tell family members. They do that because the company says their information is safe. If the FTC's allegations hold up, Hims & Hers was feeding that information to ad platforms anyway. That is not a technical privacy violation. That is a betrayal of people who were trusting the company at a vulnerable moment. The case puts real pressure on telehealth companies to match their data practices to their privacy promises, not just their marketing copy.
Who should care: Lawyers · Privacy officers · Compliance · Healthcare professionals · General readers · Policy
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