{"id":242551,"date":"2026-05-08T19:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T23:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/us-judge-questions-what-facebook-users-agreed-to-in-health-data-privacy-case-mlex\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T16:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T20:40:14","slug":"us-judge-questions-what-facebook-users-agreed-to-in-health-data-privacy-case-mlex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/us-judge-questions-what-facebook-users-agreed-to-in-health-data-privacy-case-mlex\/","title":{"rendered":"US judge questions what Facebook users agreed to in health data privacy case | MLex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlex.com\/mlex\/articles\/2475766\/us-judge-questions-what-facebook-users-agreed-to-in-health-data-privacy-case\">US judge questions what Facebook users agreed to in health data privacy case | MLex<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlex.com\/mlex\/articles\/2475766\/us-judge-questions-what-facebook-users-agreed-to-in-health-data-privacy-case\">https:\/\/www.mlex.com\/mlex\/articles\/2475766\/us-judge-questions-what-facebook-users-agreed-to-in-health-data-privacy-case<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-08 19:41:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.mlex.com\">www.mlex.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Maria Dinzeo (  May  8, 2026, 23:41 GMT | Insight) &#8212; A federal judge said Friday she needs a closer look at Meta Platforms&#8217; privacy policy before ruling on the company&#8217;s bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming its pixel technology secretly intercepted two women&#8217;s prescription medication purchases, signaling that the question of what Facebook users actually consented to will be central to the case.Meta Platforms trod familiar ground on Friday in urging a federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action claiming its pixel advertising code collected sensitive health data from Facebook users who ordered medications online&#8230;.<\/p>\n<h3>Prepare for tomorrow\u2019s regulatory change, today<\/h3>\n<p>MLex identifies risk to business wherever it emerges, with specialist reporters across the globe providing exclusive news and deep-dive analysis on the proposals, probes, enforcement actions and rulings that matter to your organization and clients, now and in the longer term.<\/p>\n<p>Know what others in the room don\u2019t, with features including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Daily newsletters for Antitrust, M&#038;A, Trade, Data Privacy &#038; 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