Healthline Media LLC, $1,550,000
Health-information publisher Healthline shared article-reading data indicating users’ specific health conditions with advertisers without honoring opt-outs. Largest CCPA settlement at time of resolution.
Case identifiers
- Respondent
- Healthline Media LLC
- Agency
- California Attorney General
- Announced
- 2025-07-01
- Monetary relief
- $1,550,000
- Case number
- California AG Case (2025)
- Statutes cited
- California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
Key facts
- 1
Healthline shared article-reading data with dozens of advertisers, enabling inferences about users’ specific medical conditions.
- 2
Data included inference-ready events such as visiting an article on a specific disease.
- 3
Company failed to implement effective opt-out mechanisms including Global Privacy Control.
- 4
Largest CCPA settlement at time of resolution ($1.55M); subsequently matched by Disney ($2.75M) in 2026.
Primary sources
Read the original government documents. These are the authoritative records, everything on this page is derived from them.
- California Attorney General press releasehttps://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-announces-settlement-healthline
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The state-AG order binds Healthline Media LLC's future practices, but doesn't automatically delete your existing data. State privacy law (CCPA, CPA, TDPSA, VCDPA) gives you that right. OfflistMe generates a compliant deletion email pre-addressed to Healthline Media LLC's registered privacy contact.
Start for $5 →FAQ
What did the state-AG charge Healthline Media LLC with?+
Health-information publisher Healthline shared article-reading data indicating users’ specific health conditions with advertisers without honoring opt-outs. Largest CCPA settlement at time of resolution. The California Attorney General cited California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
How much did Healthline Media LLC pay?+
Healthline Media LLC paid $1,550,000 in monetary relief, announced on 2025-07-01. The settlement also imposed injunctive terms (see below).
Does the Healthline Media LLC settlement mean my data has been deleted?+
No, the order does not automatically delete your data. You retain full rights under state privacy law (CCPA, CPA, TDPSA, VCDPA, and others) to submit your own deletion request. OfflistMe can generate a compliant deletion email pre-addressed to the respondent’s privacy contact.
How can I read the original state-AG order?+
The California Attorney General press release is available at https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-announces-settlement-healthline. The case / matter number is California AG Case (2025).