BetterHelp to Pay $7.8 Million for Allegedly Divulging Private Health Data for Advertising Purposes
The FTC issued a proposed order to settle allegations that online mental health counseling service BetterHelp, Inc. violated of Section 5 of the FTC Act shared sensitive mental health data with third parties in order to facilitate targeted advertising, despite assurances to consumers that their health data would be kept private. According to the complaint,…