This Litigation is titled Mediate v. Lifeline Screening of America, Ltd., Cause No. D-1-GN-25-000401 and is pending in the District Court of Travis County, Texas, 261st Judicial District. The Person that filed the class action lawsuit is called the Plaintiff or Settlement Class Representative and the company they sued is Lifeline Screening of America, Ltd. referred to herein as the Defendant.
The Litigation claims that Defendant, a medical device company incorporated in Texas, intentionally exposed Plaintiff’s and Settlement Class Members’ confidential personally identifiable information and protected health information to third Parties, including Meta Platforms, Inc. (d/b/a Meta) and Google, Inc., through the use of the tracking technologies on Defendant’s website. Plaintiff alleges Defendant used the tracking technologies to surreptitiously transmit Plaintiff’s and Settlement Class Members’ communications with Defendant’s website to Meta and other third parties, including the text and phrases website visitors type into search box queries and detailed information about which types of medical screening tests they have selected and ordered from Defendant. Defendant denies any wrongdoing whatsoever.
Who is a Settlement Class Member? There are two subclasses that make up the Settlement Class:
Nationwide Settlement Class: All individuals who set health screenings through Life Line, or purchased test kits through Life Line, using a website or web platform during the period from June 1, 2018, to the present.
California Settlement Class: All individuals residing in the State of California who set health screenings through Life Line, or purchased test kits through Life Line, using a website or web platform during the period from June 1, 2018, to the present.
Settlement Class Members under the Settlement Agreement will be eligible to receive compensation based on the subclass they are in:
Nationwide Settlement Class: Nationwide Settlement Class members may make a claim for a cash payment of $20;
California Settlement Class: Settlement Class Members who resided in California when they set their screening on the internet or made their purchase from Life Line on the internet may alternatively elect to make a claim for a payment in the amount of $50 in recognition of their release of California statutory claims. A California Settlement Class member may not elect both benefits.
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