Isaiah Poritz reports:
User of the menstrual cycle tracking app Flo largely won class certification in a lawsuit alleging the app surreptitiously shared sensitive health information with Google LLC and Meta Platforms Inc.
Judge James Donato of the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Monday ruled that the users have the same alleged claims and injuries, warranting the certification of a nationwide class and California sub-class of users that will likely number in the millions.
The judge largely rejected arguments by the three defendants, chiding them in the opinion for not providing useful analysis behind their arguments: “The brief filed by defendants was not a triumph of clarity and organization.”
Read more at Bloomberg Law. The case is Frasco v. Flo Health Inc., N.D. Cal., No. 3:21-cv-00757, 5/19/25. In subsequent coverage, Bloomberg reports that Meta and Flo Health’s attempt to get dismissal on summary judgment failed.