Vita v. New England Baptist Hospital
State high-court ruling that closed the Massachusetts wiretap route (Oct. 2024).
Appellate decision — affirmed
Primary source
Last verified Sep 8, 2026
The matter
- Matter ID
- SND-0178
- Organization
- New England Baptist Hospital (Beth Israel Lahey Health)
- Location
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Provider type
- Large or integrated health system
- Court
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- Docket
- SJC-13542
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
Source
Bar journal Trade press
Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Cite as SounderData.com Tracker Litigation Database, September 11, 2026.