$21.5M Sutter Health Settlement Ends Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Patient Info Sharing with Google, Facebook

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Sutter Health has agreed to a $21,500,000 class action settlement to resolve a lawsuit over its alleged disclosure of sensitive patient information to Facebook, Google and other third parties without consent.

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The Sutter Health class action settlement received preliminary approval from the court on October 15, 2025 and covers all individuals who were California residents at the time they logged into their Sutter Health MyHealthOnline patient portal account for personal healthcare purposes at any time from June 10, 2015 through March 20, 2020.

The court-approved website for the Sutter Health settlement can be found at https://www.SutterAnalyticsSettlement.com/en.

Sutter Health settlement class members who submit a valid, timely claim form are eligible to receive a one-time, pro-rated cash payment of up to $90 from the net settlement fund after the payment of attorneys’ fees, incentive awards and settlement administration costs.

To submit a Sutter Health claim form online, class members can head to this page and enter the unique class member ID  and PIN found on their copy of the settlement notice. Consumers who believe they may be a class member but did not receive a settlement notice should contact the settlement administrator to confirm their identity and receive their login ID.

Alternatively, class members can download a PDF of the claim form to print, fill out, and return by mail to the address listed near the top of the document.

All Sutter Health claim forms must be submitted online or by mail by April 28, 2026.

The court will determine whether to grant final approval to the Sutter Health settlement at a hearing on February 27, 2026. Compensation will begin to be distributed to consumers only after final approval is granted and any appeals process is resolved.

The Sutter Health class action lawsuit claimed that the California healthcare provider implemented certain tracking technologies, such as Google Analytics, the Meta pixel and other advertising tools, to track and record private patient data and disclose it to third parties without authorization.

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