$3.8M DaVita Settlement Resolves Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Data-Sharing Violations

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DaVita, Inc. has agreed to pay a $3.8 million settlement to resolve a proposed class action lawsuit that claimed the dialysis services provider unlawfully disclosed consumers’ personal and medical information to third parties via tracking tools embedded on its websites, patient portals and mobile apps.

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The official website for the DaVita class action settlement can be found at DVAPixelSettlement.com.

The $3,800,000 deal covers current or former DaVita patients who were treated at the company’s U.S. clinics and visited any of DaVita’s websites, patient portals or apps between November 20, 2017 and September 21, 2023—a class of 605,436 people, the settlement agreement says.

To be eligible to receive DaVita settlement benefits, class members must submit a valid claim form online or by mail by December 4, 2024.

You can file a DaVita settlement claim form online on this page, or you may download a PDF claim form to print and return by mail.

To submit a claim, you will need to provide your Class Member ID, which can be found on the personalized settlement notice you should have received in the mail.

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Per the website, class members who file a valid claim by the deadline will be eligible to receive a pro-rated cash payout from the settlement fund. Individual payout amounts will depend on the number of valid claims that are submitted, the site states.

In addition, consumers may make a claim to receive a year’s enrollment in Privacy Shield, a data protection and monitoring service, the settlement website relays.

The DaVita settlement was preliminarily approved by the court on July 7, 2024. The parties now await a hearing scheduled for December 16 in Florida, at which the court will determine whether to grant final approval to the terms of the deal.

Eligible class members would receive cash payouts and information about how to activate their Privacy Shield benefits after the settlement is ultimately approved, the site notes.

The lawsuit against DaVita claimed the company unlawfully shared consumers’ online activity and personal communications through the use of several web-tracking tools provided by Facebook, Google and other third parties. The class action suit contended that DaVita did not inform visitors to its online platforms nor obtain user consent, as required by law, before disclosing their private data to unauthorized third parties.

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