In September 2024, a federal judge allowed some consumers’ claims to proceed, alleging Headway’s embedded Google Analytics shared sensitive mental-health data without consent. Headway said no substantive patient information went to Google and sought dismissal. The judge dismissed some other claims. In May 2025, an amended complaint revived a medical-confidentiality claim by detailing information disclosed to Headway and allegedly viewed by Google
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https://www.courthousenews.com/federal-judge-says-class-privacy-claims-may-proceed-against-online-mental-health-platform/
The class plaintiffs claim that Headway surreptitiously shared their mental health information with Google when it embedded Google Analytics on its site.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/headway-user-advances-medical-privacy-claim-in-data-sharing-suit
Mental-health services clearinghouse Therapymatch Inc., which does business as Headway, failed to shake a Confidentiality of Medical Information Act claim that it shared sensitive information with Google.