Markovits, Stock & DeMarco, LLC, a law firm experienced in data breach and Meta pixel class action litigation, is investigating claims on behalf of victims of a data breach involving data entrusted to Cerebral, which is a mental health telemedicine company.
Cerebral is a health provider who shared its patients’ information with Google, Meta (Facebook), TikTok, and others. If you received a notice of data breach letter from Cerebral, please contact us as soon as possible to understand your legal rights in response to the data breach.
WHAT HAPPENED?
On March 6, 2023, Cerebral issued emails to users of its platforms, admitting that it uses pixels and other similar tracking technologies on its mobile applications and websites to share personal user data, protected health data, and financial data with social media sites.[1] Cerebral admitted it has been disclosing this sensitive data since 2019.[2]
WHAT DATA WAS COMPROMISED IN THE CEREBRAL DATA BREACH?
Cerebral has disclosed the breach involves confidential and personal information, including:
- Names, phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, IP addresses, Cerebral client ID numbers, and other demographic information.
- If a user completed any portion of the online mental health self-assessment, the information disclosed may also have included — selected services, assessment responses, and certain associated health information.
- If a user also purchased a subscription plan from Cerebral, the information disclosed may also have included — subscription plan type, appointment dates and other booking information, treatment, and other clinical information, health insurance/ pharmacy benefit information (for example, plan name and group/ member numbers), and insurance co-pay amount.[3]
HOW MANY PEOPLE’S INFORMATION WERE IMPACTED BY THE CEREBRAL DATA BREACH?
According to Cerebral’s reporting to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, roughly 3,179,835 patients had their personal health information compromised and shared with social media sites.[4]
HOW DO I RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CEREBRAL DATA BREACH?
If you would like to have a free, confidential consultation with an attorney to learn more about your rights and potential legal remedies related to the Cerebral data security breach, please contact Markovits, Stock & DeMarco attorney Terry Coates or Jon Deters at (513) 651-3700, email us at [email protected], or submit a Case Evaluation request through the form below.
[1] https://www.databreaches.net/cerebral-inc-notifying-3179835-patients-of-tracking-technologies-breach/
[2] Id.
[3] Id.
[4] Id.