Meta Platforms sued for alleged unlawful collection of patient data

Meta Platforms is facing a potential class-action lawsuit for allegedly using its Pixel tracking tool to get patient information from hospital portals for target marketing purposes.

The plaintiff, under the name of John Doe, a patient of the Medstar Health System in Baltimore, Maryland, 

 June 17 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. He requests class-action status and a jury trial.

The action has…