People v. Healthline Media LLC
California AG's $1.55M CCPA settlement over ad-tech on a health information site.
Regulatory — order or consent entered
Primary source
Last verified Sep 8, 2026
The matter
- Matter ID
- SND-0159
- Organization
- Healthline Media LLC — California Attorney General (CCPA)
- Location
- California
- Court
- California Attorney General
- Docket
- stipulated judgment, Cal. Super. Ct.
Timeline
- Filed
- Jul 1, 2025
- Key ruling
- Jul 1, 2025
Outcome
- Structure
- Civil penalty
- Settlement fund
- $1,550,000
Injunctive relief
Stop sharing data tied to diagnosis-indicating articles; honor Global Privacy Control; fix consent banner; CCPA-compliant vendor contracts; audits and three years of reporting.
Status note
$1,550,000 civil penalties (largest CCPA settlement at announcement); must stop sharing data tied to diagnosis-indicating article titles; honor opt-outs and Global Privacy Control; fix consent banner; CCPA-compliant vendor contracts; audits and 3 years of reporting. | Consumer-privacy-law route rather than HIPAA/wiretap.
Exposure
Pages covered Public website (unauthenticated)
Tracking technologies named
Source
CA AG Agency release
Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Cite as SounderData.com Tracker Litigation Database, September 11, 2026.