Healthline Healthline Media, Inc. was ordered to pay $1.55 million in civil penalties under a California CCPA settlement announced by California Attorney General Bonta on July 1, 2025, the largest such settlement to date, over the company's failure to offer consumers an opt-out of targeted advertising and its sharing of user data suggesting a person may have a serious health condition. The settlement also bans Healthline from revealing that a consumer may already have been diagnosed with a medical condition. Healthline, founded in 1999 as YourDoctor.com and acquired by Red Ventures in July 2019, states on its "ABOUT US" page that "In some cases, Artificial Intelligence (AI), or similar technology, may be used in developing elements of our content. Undid revision 68190 https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Special:Diff/68190 by ~2026-1924 https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Special:Contributions/~2026-1924 talk https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=User talk:~2026-1924&action=edit&redlink=1 Reverting vandalism. | ← Older revision | | Revision as of 17:35, 21 September 2026 | | | Line 1: | | Line 1: | | | | | | {{CompanyCargo | | | | | \|Founded=1999 | | | | | \|ParentCompany=Red Ventures | | | | | \|Website=https://www.healthline.com | | | | | \|Description=Healthline is a health information provider that uses AI-generated content and has been known to publish misinformation. | | | | | \|Industry=Health Information\|Type=Subsidiary\|Logo=Healthline logo.svg}} | | | | | '''{{Wplink\|Healthline\|Healthline Media, Inc.}}''' is an American website and provider of health information. It was founded in 1999 as YourDoctor.com. In July 2019, the company was acquired by {{Wplink\|Red Ventures}}. | | | | | ==Consumer-impact summary== | | | | | {{Ph-C-CIS}} | | | | | ==Incidents== | | | | | {{Ph-C-Inc}} | | | | | This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the :Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}\|{{PAGENAME}} category . | | | | | === Violating California's CCPA 2025.07.01 === | | | | | On 01 July 2025, the California Attorney General announced in a press release that they have reached a settlement with Healthline over the company's violation of the {{Wplink\|California Consumer Privacy Act}} CCPA . In an investigation conducted by the California DOJ, Healthline violated the CCPA by failing to provide consumers with the option to opt-out of targeted advertising and sharing user data to third parties without implementing "CCPA-mandated privacy protections". This shared data also included suggesting that a person may suffer from a serious health condition. The settlement resulted in $1.55 million in civil pentalties and banning the company from revealing that a consumer may have already been diagnosed with a medical condition.