{
  "id": 14625,
  "url": "https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/07/ftc-states-act-against-hims-hers-deceptive-unlawful-privacy-practices",
  "title": "FTC and States Act Against Hims & Hers for Deceptive and Unlawful Privacy Practices",
  "summary": "Complaint alleges telehealth provider shared consumers’ sensitive health information with third-party advertising platforms despite promising patient privacy The Federal Trade Commission, joined by Utah and California, by and through Los Angeles County Counsel, today sued Hims & Hers alleging that the telehealth provider shared consumers’ sensitive health information about medical conditions with third-party advertising platforms despite claiming its services maintain consumers’ privacy and dece",
  "authors": "jhenderson2",
  "category": "policy",
  "topics": "privacy-surveillance,healthcare",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "us",
  "published_at": "2026-07-29T12:00:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-30T05:10:24.387Z",
  "source_slug": "x-us-ftc-press-releases",
  "source_name": "US FTC Press Releases",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14625",
  "original_url": "https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/07/ftc-states-act-against-hims-hers-deceptive-unlawful-privacy-practices",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}