"California jury rules Meta violated privacy law in case involving period-tracking app”, 7 August 2025

A California jury ruled against Meta in a privacy-related lawsuit involving the alleged collection of sensitive data from Flo, a period-tracking app.

The jury ruled that the plaintiffs proved that Meta violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act, according to a verdict form filed Friday…

The ruling stems from a class-action lawsuit dating back to 2021 against the health-tech company Flo Health and other businesses like Meta, Google-parent Alphabet and smaller data analytics firms.

Flo Health told users that “their sensitive reproductive health information” and survey questions would not be disclosed, but that personal data ended up being shared with companies like Meta and Google…

Google and one of the analytics firms agreed to settle their claims prior to a jury trial that began in July, while Flo Health settled the day before the trial’s conclusion on Aug 1. Meta chose to take the case to court and lost. The social media company is expected to appeal the verdict…

A Meta spokesperson said the company disagreed with the ruling.

"The plaintiffs’ claims against Meta are simply false,” the Meta spokesperson said in a statement. “User privacy is important to Meta, which is why we do not want health or other sensitive information and why our terms prohibit developers from sending any.”