People v. Healthline Media LLC

California AG's $1.55M CCPA settlement over ad-tech on a health information site.

Government enforcement
Regulatory — order or consent entered

Timeline

Filed
Jul 1, 2025
Key ruling
Jul 1, 2025

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

Unnamed pixels or cookies

Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Cite as SounderData.com Tracker Litigation Database, September 25, 2026.