Parents Say GoodRx Suit is Relevant to Kids Privacy Case
A federal judge's recent decision in a privacy case involving GoodRx is relevant to one concerning children's privacy violations by an EdTech company, parents alleged in a court document filed Thursday.
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Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin this week allowed a class action to continue that alleged the discount prescription drug platform unlawfully shared patients' protected health information with Google and Meta. The U.S. District Court for Northern California judge ruled GoodRx knew tracking technologies intercepted sensitive health information, and took no steps to prevent the data from being disclosed (see 2507230067).
The plaintiffs in Hernandez-Silva et al v. Instructure, Inc., said "this decision, issued after Plaintiffs had filed their Response in Opposition to Instructure’s Motion to Dismiss, is relevant to issues presented in Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss."
In March, parents from California and Maryland filed a class-action lawsuit against Instructure at the U.S. District Court for Central California. They alleged that the company monetized the personal information of its users, who are mostly school-aged children, without their consent (see 2503280041 and 2506160015).
The education technology company, however, alleges it has federal and state authorization for its actions (see 2506030021 and 2506250033). A hearing is set for August 1 in case 25-02711.