$600K Pomona Valley Hospital Settlement Ends Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Facebook Pixel ‘Wiretapping’

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Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center has agreed to pay a $600,000 settlement that offers cash payments to individuals whose information was allegedly shared with Meta without consent after accessing the healthcare provider’s website.

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The Pomona Valley Hospital class action settlement received preliminary approval from the court on August 26, 2025 and covers all California residents who logged into the patient portal on the hospital’s website between January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2022.

The court-approved website for the Pomona Valley Hospital class action settlement can be found at https://PVHMCSettlement.com/.

Pomona Valley Hospital settlement class members who submit a valid, timely claim form can receive a one-time, pro-rated cash payment. Per the settlement website, the final amount of each eligible class member’s cash payout will depend on the total number of valid claims that are filed and what remains in the settlement fund after deducting settlement administration expenses, attorney costs and fees, and any service awards from the fund.

Eligible class members have the option to choose to receive their payout via cash or electronic payment, the settlement website shares. Those who elect to receive their payment as a check will have 60 days to cash it after the date of issuance before the check becomes void.

Settlement class members do not need to do anything to receive their share of the class action settlement fund, as they are automatically processed within Pomona Valley Hospital’s systems. 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 await further instructions.

Class members can head to this page and enter the unique ID found in their settlement notice to elect how they wish to receive their Pomona Valley Hospital settlement payment.

Per settlement documents, the deadline to ask to be excluded from the settlement is December 9, 2025.

The court will determine whether to grant final approval to the Pomona Valley Hospital settlement at a hearing on January 5, 2026. Compensation will begin to be distributed to class members only after final approval is granted and any appeals are resolved.

The Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center class action lawsuit claimed that the hospital utilized Facebook Pixel, a piece of code that tracks a user’s interactions with a website, within their patient portal to illegally transmit patient communications and private health information to Meta without consent. Per court documents, the user information allegedly shared with Meta included, but was not limited to, names, addresses, contact information, IP addresses and medical histories.

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