Combined $56M Google, Flo Settlement Ends Class Action Lawsuit Over Allegedly Illegal Health Data Sharing

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A combined $56 million class action settlement will, if approved by the court, end litigation against Google and Flo Health, Inc. that alleged the menstrual tracking app shared users’ health data with third parties, including the search engine giant, without consent.

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The Google and Flo class action settlements seek to cover all Flo users in the United States who entered menstruation, fertility and/or pregnancy information into the Flo Period & Ovulation Tracker app between November 1, 2016 and February 28, 2019, including anyone who selected a goal or entered dates related to that information.

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If the class action settlements receive court approval, Google and Flo settlement class members who submit a timely, valid claim form may be able to receive a pro rata (equal share) portion of Google’s $48 million settlement fund and Flo’s $8 million settlement fund, respectively.

Google/Flo settlement class members who provide with their claim form “reasonable documentation” showing that they are a California resident may receive “twice the pro rata share” of residents of other states, court documents state.

Class members will be able to file a claim form by mail or online via the court-approved settlement website once it is launched.

ClassAction.org will update this page when the official Google and Flo settlement website goes live.

The Flo and Google class action lawsuit alleged that Flo, a popular women’s health application, knowingly allowed and enabled various third parties, including Google, to access users’ personally identifying information, such as names, dates of birth, places of residence and email addresses, and sensitive menstrual, sexual, gynecological and physical health data, without users’ knowledge or consent.

Per the lawsuit, the data sharing violated California’s Invasion of Privacy Act and was done despite Flo’s privacy policy that expressly states that the company “will not transmit any of your personal data to third parties, except if it is required to provide the service to you (e.g. technical service providers), unless we have asked for your explicit consent.”

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