Five more US states have joined the Federal Trade Commission’s pending case against telehealth provider Hims & Hers, widening a privacy and consumer-protection dispute that began earlier this year.
The amended complaint, filed in the Northern District of California, adds Arizona, Florida, Nebraska, Ohio and Wisconsin as plaintiffs. Utah and California, acting through Los Angeles County Counsel, were already parties. The federal and state claimants allege that Hims shared sensitive health information with advertising platforms despite representations about privacy, charged some consumers soon after they completed intake forms, and made subscriptions difficult to cancel.
The new pleading adds claims under the five states’ consumer-protection laws to existing claims under the FTC Act, the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act and California and Utah law. The commission authorised the amendment by a 2-0 vote.
These remain allegations. No liability finding has been made, and the FTC says the case will be decided by the court.
Official amended complaint and case record
