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Major CA Healthcare Company To Pay Out $42M In Data Breach Suit: How to Claim Your Money.
The $46 million settlement covers 13 million members over unauthorized data sharing via third-party trackers on Kaiser Permanente’s websites and apps, with payouts estimated at $20-$40 each.
- This past week, Oakland-based Kaiser Permanente agreed to a $46 million class-action settlement covering roughly 13 million current and former Kaiser members in eight states and Washington, D.C., with preliminary court approval granted in December 2025.
- After suits were filed in April and May 2024, plaintiffs allege tracking code on Kaiser websites sent sensitive data to Google, Meta, Microsoft and X without member consent in a class action consolidated in December 2024.
- To get paid, affected members should submit a claim using their Settlement Class Member ID by March 12, 2026, with estimated payments of $20 to $40 per claimant.
- After the May 7, 2026 final hearing, one-time payments will start being sent to affected members who filed on time, and Kaiser Permanente says it removed tracking code in 2024 with no data misuse found.
- The whistleblower team noted that 'Working closely with Dr. Taylor over multiple years, we helped develop detailed, technically grounded allegations rooted in his firsthand experience inside Kaiser's Medicare Advantage operations,' said Max Voldman, while Dr. Taylor emphasized 'Physicians are trained to document care truthfully and accurately.
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Kokua Line: Is Kaiser emailing members about privacy settlement? | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Question: I recently received an email about a proposed class action settlement against Kaiser for breach of privacy. I am a member of Kaiser. I think it is legitimate, but before I click on the link, I thought I would check. Do you know if this is a legitimate thing or a scam?
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