Vita v. New England Baptist Hospital
State high-court ruling that closed the Massachusetts wiretap route (Oct. 2024).
Appellate decision — affirmed
Timeline
- Filed
- 2023
- Key ruling
- Oct 24, 2024
Key ruling
Massachusetts SJC: the state Wiretap Act does not reach website browsing data shared with Meta and Google; rule of lenity applied.
Status note
DEFENSE WIN: SJC held Oct. 24, 2024 that the Massachusetts Wiretap Act does not reach website browsing data shared with Meta and Google (statute ambiguous as to web tracking; rule of lenity). Closed the state-wiretap route in Massachusetts; plaintiffs refiled federal ECPA claims. | State high-court ruling; the reason Massachusetts cases moved to federal ECPA claims.
Exposure
Pages covered
Public website (unauthenticated)
Tracking technologies named
Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Cite as SounderData.com Tracker Litigation Database, September 25, 2026.