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Cerebral Class Action Alleges Data Breach Impacting 3M Patients

| Almeida Law Group Cerebral class action data breach

Overview

Cerebral faces a class-action lawsuit for sharing teletherapy patients’ private data with Meta and Google without consent. The case alleges privacy law violations.

Cerebral Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over Privacy Violations

David Almeida was listed as one of the attorneys who recently filed a class action lawsuit against Cerebral Inc. in a California federal court, alleging violations of state and federal privacy laws based on its use of certain tracking technologies to send its users’ private information to third parties such as Meta Platforms and Google without their informed consent so that they might be targeted with ads.

 Allegations Against Cerebral and Privacy Concerns

“[D]espite the stigmas that unfortunately are so often associated with mental health issues and treatments, Cerebral intentionally chose to put its profits over the privacy of its Users, which number several million,” the lawsuit states. The article, Cerebral class action claims teletherapy company breach affects 3M patients, is available here.

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