Litigation & Arbitration
Jul. 14, 2023
Mental health platform to pay FTC $7.8M, denies wrongdoing
"We understand the FTC's desire to set new precedents around consumer marketing, and we are happy to settle this matter with the agency," BetterHelp Inc. said in a statement.
The Federal Trade Commission announced Friday that it has finalized an order banning remote mental health platform BetterHelp Inc. from sharing sensitive health information for advertising purposes and requiring the company to pay $7.8 million.
The company maintained it does not share and never has shared or sold private information or clinical data to third parties and said in a statement that the FTC is setting "new precedents."
The agency first took action aga...
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