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- The FTC sued Hims & Hers for deceptive data sharing and hard-to-cancel subscriptions.
- The complaint says Hims sent customers’ health data to Meta and Google without permission.
- Customers were auto-enrolled in recurring prescriptions with virtually no chance to review.
- Researcher Reshma Ramachandran reported most GLP-1 prescriptions were sent automatically without video or audio verification.
- HIPAA excludes telehealth platforms, creating a gap that California, Connecticut and Maryland laws only partially address.