UChicago Medicine MyChart Lawsuit: A Pixel Case With No Class Left
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Yes, a patient sued the University of Chicago Medical Center in 2022 over the Meta Pixel on its website and patient portal. The case survived, but in 2025 the judge struck the class claims, so it now covers one person. There is no settlement, no fund and no claim form for UChicago Medicine MyChart users.
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What the Pixel Lawsuit Says Happened
In Hartley v. University of Chicago Medical Center, a patient alleges that UChicago Medicine embedded the Meta (Facebook) Pixel on its website, including the patient web portal. According to the case record, the pixel sent IP addresses, Facebook IDs, cookie and device identifiers, and the pages and clicks a user made to Meta.
The lawsuit alleges violations of the federal Wiretap Act (ECPA), breach of an implied duty of confidentiality, and intrusion upon seclusion. These are allegations; no court has found that UChicago Medicine broke the law.
UChicago Medicine’s patient portal is called MyChart (UChicago Medicine MyChart). This is the same Epic software many hospitals use, but the lawsuit is against the hospital, not Epic.
Case Details
Pixel case: Hartley v. University of Chicago Medical Center, No. 1:22-cv-05891, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, before Judge Harry D. Leinenweber. Filed October 25, 2022.
Earlier Google case (closed): Dinerstein v. Google, No. 1:19-cv-04311, same court. Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer dismissed it on September 4, 2020, and the Seventh Circuit affirmed on July 11, 2023 (No. 20-3134), holding the patient lacked standing.
Vendor breach cases: Young v. UCM Medical Group Sub, LLC, No. 1:25-cv-06124, and McCullar v. UCM Medical Group Sub, LLC, No. 1:25-cv-06462, both in the Northern District of Illinois, over the Nationwide Recovery Services breach.
Status: Individual Case, No Settlement
Pixel case: In November 2023 the judge dismissed some counts without prejudice and one with prejudice. The patient amended. Law360 reported on October 2, 2025 that the amended privacy claims may go forward, but the class allegations were struck because of an agreement the plaintiff entered between pleadings. A case without class claims cannot pay other patients. Court records summarized online show the parties then reported settlement talks, with a status report due January 6, 2026. We could not confirm what happened after that.
Vendor breach: The Young case was voluntarily dismissed in June 2025, about two weeks after it was filed. We could not confirm the current status of McCullar.
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Are You Affected?
For the pixel case, no one else is in it. The class claims were struck, so there is no class to belong to, even if you used UChicago Medicine MyChart or its website.
For the uchicago medicine data breach at Nationwide Recovery Services, about 38,000 patients were affected. UChicago Medicine said it would mail letters to those people. The letter is your proof. If you did not get one, you were most likely not in that breach.
If you want to record your own situation, our form asks whether you used the website or MyChart, what you did there, and when you last used it. That helps you match your use to any future case. See the MyChart claim form guide for portal settlements that are open elsewhere.
What a Case Like This Pays
For context only, other hospitals settled class-wide portal tracking cases: Duke’s was $3.74 million for 872,634 people, and MemorialCare’s was $750,000 for 182,303 people. Real checks in these cases have run $15 to $50 per person. Those cases had certified or settlement classes; the UChicago Medicine pixel case no longer does. Our MyChart settlement calculator shows how those payouts were divided.
How cases like this one end
Our copy of the federal courts’ own case database covers 123,245 other contract casesclosed in U.S. federal district courts between 2015 and 2025, 5.8% of them filed as class actions:
- 30.9% ended in a settlement recorded by the court. Another 20.2% were dismissed voluntarily, which often follows a private settlement — so the real settlement share sits between 30.9% and 51.1%.
- 7.6% were decided on a motion before any trial.
- 1 in 71 reached a trial (1.4%), after a median of 29.3 months.
- Median time from filing to the end of the case: 7.6 months.
- Only 7,369 of them (6%) record a money award at all; the median of those is $402,000.
These are base rates for this type of case (federal other contract cases) — not a prediction about this lawsuit, and not legal advice. Source: Federal Judicial Center, Integrated Database (civil), analysed by Settlement Insight. Cases heard in state courts are not included.
UChicago Medicine Lawsuit Timeline
- 1
2019–2023 — Google Data Case Fails
A patient sues UChicago and Google in June 2019 over records shared for research. Dismissed September 4, 2020; the Seventh Circuit affirmed on July 11, 2023.
- 2
October 25, 2022 — Pixel Lawsuit Filed
Hartley is filed in federal court in Chicago, alleging the Meta Pixel on the website and portal sent patient data to Meta.
- 3
November 2023 — First Complaint Dismissed
Judge Leinenweber dismisses the claims, some without prejudice. The patient files amended complaints.
- 4
July 5–11, 2024 — Vendor Breach
Debt-collection vendor Nationwide Recovery Services is breached. UChicago Medicine reports about 38,000 patients affected in May 2025.
- 5
June 2025 — Vendor Breach Suits
Two proposed class actions are filed in Chicago. The Young case is voluntarily dismissed later that month.
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October 2025 — Class Claims Struck
Hartley’s privacy claims may proceed, but only for herself. As of October 6, 2026, we found no settlement or claim form.
Three Things to Watch For
With 2026 MyChart settlements in the news, UChicago Medicine patients are easy targets:
“UChicago MyChart settlement” claim pages
There is no UChicago Medicine settlement. A site asking for your MyChart login, Social Security number or a fee to “claim your share” is collecting data, not filing anything.
Calls about the Nationwide Recovery breach
The vendor was a debt collector, so fake calls may claim you owe money or must “verify” your account. Hang up and call the number on a bill or on the official UChicago Medicine website.
“Join the class action” ads
The pixel case has no class anymore, so no one can sign you up to it. An ad promising a payout is a law firm intake or a scam. Read anything before signing.
UChicago Medicine Lawsuit — Questions People Actually Ask
Is there a uchicago medicine lawsuit over MyChart tracking?
Yes. Hartley v. University of Chicago Medical Center, No. 1:22-cv-05891, alleges the Meta Pixel on UChicago Medicine’s website and patient portal sent data to Meta. It is an individual case now: the class claims were struck in 2025.
Is there a settlement or a claim form?
No. As of October 6, 2026, there is no settlement, no fund, no administrator, no claim form and no deadline for UChicago Medicine patients.
Why were the class claims struck?
Law360 reported on October 2, 2025 that the judge struck them because of an agreement the plaintiff entered between pleadings. The ruling text was not available to us, so we cannot say more about that agreement.
Was there a uchicago medicine data breach?
Yes, at a vendor. Nationwide Recovery Services, a former debt-collection vendor, was breached July 5 to July 11, 2024. About 38,000 patients were affected. Exposed data may include names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, financial account information and medical information.
Did anyone sue over the vendor breach?
Two proposed class actions were filed in June 2025: Young (No. 1:25-cv-06124), which the plaintiff voluntarily dismissed that month, and McCullar (No. 1:25-cv-06462). We could not confirm McCullar’s status, and we found no settlement.
What about the Google data-sharing lawsuit?
Dinerstein v. Google, filed in 2019, claimed UChicago shared patient records with Google for research. It was dismissed in 2020, and the Seventh Circuit affirmed on July 11, 2023. It is over, and no one was paid.
Is the UChicago Medicine portal MyChart?
Yes. UChicago Medicine calls its patient portal MyChart. Epic makes the software, but MyChart cases are brought against hospitals, not Epic.
What can I do right now?
Keep any breach letter from UChicago Medicine or Nationwide Recovery Services. Freeze your credit if your Social Security number was listed. Check the open MyChart settlements if you used another hospital’s portal.
Separate from this case: were you injured in the last 2 years?
Class-action payouts are fixed amounts through an administrator. A personal injury claim is a different case — and often worth far more. Free estimate, no obligation.
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