Court Rules Eyewear Tracking Is Wiretapping

Podcast: Swear on the Stand · Daniel W. Swear

Opublikowano: 2026-10-23

In Rachelle Rand v. Eyemart Express, L.L.C., the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a lower court's dismissal of a class action lawsuit filed by Facebook users whose private health information was allegedly shared with Meta without their consent. The Plaintiffs argued that Eyemart's integration of the Meta Pixel tracking tool on its website intercepted and exposed their individually identifiable health information—such as prescription searches, purchases, and eye exam appointments—violating various wiretap and eavesdropping laws alongside privacy torts. Although the district court originally dismissed the case by concluding that plaintiffs failed to s...