Garnet Health Settlement Ends Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Pixel Data Sharing

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Garnet Health has agreed to a settlement offering cash and privacy monitoring to resolve a class action lawsuit alleging that the healthcare system unlawfully embedded tracking pixels that disclosed sensitive patient information to third parties on its patients’ MyChart accounts.

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The Garnet Health class action settlement received preliminary approval from the court on November 19, 2025 and covers approximately 153,000 current and former Garnet patients who had a MyChart account with the status listed as ‘alive’ from May 7, 2020, through August 10, 2023.

The court-approved website for the Garnet Health pixel settlement can be found at GarnetHealthSettlement.com/.

According to the website, Garnet Health settlement class members who submit a timely, valid claim form are eligible to receive a one-time cash payment of $19.50 and one free year of Dashlane Premium, which provides privacy monitoring services such as dark web monitoring, phishing protection, virtual private networks (VPNs) and access to fraud resolution agents.

No proof or explanation is needed to receive the $19.50 cash payment. Class members can elect to receive their cash payout via check or electronic payment.

Additionally, the agreement states that enrollment instructions for Dashlane Premium will be sent to class members by the settlement administrator after their submission of a valid claim form.

To submit a Garnet Health settlement claim form online, class members can head to this page and enter the unique class member ID as provided on their received copy of the settlement notice. Alternatively, class members can download a PDF of the claim form from the settlement website to print, fill out and return by mail to the address of the settlement administrator listed on the second page of the document.

Consumers who believe they may be a Garnet Health settlement class member but did not receive a notice can contact the settlement administrator to confirm their identity and obtain their login details.

All Garnet Health claim forms must be submitted online or by mail by April 16, 2026.

Additionally, as part of the settlement, Garnet Health has agreed to cease the use of third-party digital analytics technologies on its website for a period of at least two years. However, the settlement stipulates that if Garnet has a business associate agreement with an outside analytics company, it may track performance analytics using de-identified data. Settlement documents stipulate that Garnet Health must provide the plaintiff’s counsel with a declaration, signed under oath, attesting to compliance with these requirements.

The court will determine whether to grant final approval to the Garnet Health class action settlement at a hearing on April 13, 2026. Compensation will begin to be distributed to class members only after final approval is granted and any appeals are resolved.

The Garnet health class action lawsuit alleged that the New York-based healthcare system embedded tracking pixels in patients’ MyChart accounts, potentially exposing private health communications to third parties, including Meta and Google.

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