Data Breach

August 1, 2019 Centrelake Medical Group is facing a class action suit over a data breach that affected patients' private medical information.

July 31, 2019 Not long after Capital One’s data breach announcement, the bank found itself facing the first lawsuits in what could play out to be a tidal wave of potential class action litigation.

July 30, 2019 Capital One faces a proposed class action lawsuit over a March 2019 data breach that affected the sensitive information of more than 100 million card holders.

June 28, 2019 A class action lawsuit alleges American Medical Collection Agency's parent company Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau knew of a massive data breach affecting 11.9M patients earlier than it let on.

June 13, 2019 At least 15 lawsuits have been filed so far against medical testing company Quest Diagnostics Incorporated over a data breach that reportedly exposed the personal information of nearly 12 million customers.

June 10, 2019 A proposed class action alleges LabCorp and American Medical Collection Agency negligently allowed hackers to access the private information of roughly 200,000 patients.

June 10, 2019 Checkers faces a proposed class action over a data breach of its point-of-sale systems at more than 100 locations over nearly three years.

June 4, 2019 Quest Diagnostics Incorporated is among the defendants in a proposed class action lawsuit that claims the medical testing company failed to safeguard millions of patients’ confidential information from a data breach.

May 28, 2019 A lawsuit filed in the wake of a data exposure claims that First American Financial Corporation failed to adequately protect customer information.

May 22, 2019 ABB and ABB Motors and Mechanical face a lawsuit after sensitive information logged in the companies’ health benefits program was compromised in a data breach.

April 3, 2019 Restaurant chain operator Earl Enterprises Holdings is facing a lawsuit in the wake of a data breach that exposed customers’ private information to hackers.

March 19, 2019 The University of Connecticut and its teaching hospital face a class action after a data breach exposed the personal information of more than 326,000 patients.

March 11, 2019 Stein Mart and Annex Cloud face a lawsuit over a data breach allegedly caused by the companies' failure to take "reasonable steps" toward adequate cyber security.

January 14, 2019 Google parent company Alphabet and its directors face a shareholder class action over the harm done to the company's bottom line by an alleged "culture of concealment."

December 5, 2018 A proposed class action filed against Marriott centers on the hotel chain’s alleged negligence believed to be responsible for a years-long data breach.

October 8, 2018 Google and parent co. Alphabet have been named in a class action centered on a data breach that exposed the information of up to 500k Google+ users between 2015 and March 2018.

September 12, 2018 MyHeritage faces a class action lawsuit over the DNA kit company’s alleged shortcomings in protecting customers’ private information from unauthorized eyes.

September 10, 2018 A proposed class action filed in July 2018 against Adidas America, Inc. over a data breach has been removed to federal court in California.

August 7, 2018 ComplyRight is staring down another lawsuit filed after a data breach hit the company's servers between April 20 and May 22, 2018.

July 27, 2018 ComplyRight, Inc. has been hit with a proposed class action that claims the company failed to protect customers' personal information from a cybersecurity attack that reportedly occurred in late-April 2018.

July 10, 2018 Macy's and two subsidiaries face a class action over a June 2018 data breach that the plaintiff claims the companies failed to disclose for almost a month.

July 3, 2018 PDQ restaurants face a proposed class action lawsuit alleging that the restaurant was negligent in protecting consumer data, leading to a months-long security breach.

June 14, 2018 A proposed class action claims the protected personal information of government employees was stolen in a data breach in early 2015 due to negligence on the part of the United States and several government agencies.

June 13, 2018 The Saks Off 5th parent company faces a lawsuit claiming it should have prevented a March 2018 data breach perpetrated by a notorious hacking group.

June 8, 2018 Hundreds of thousands of Delta customers may have been impacted by a September-October 2017 malware attack only made public in April 2018.

May 29, 2018 The plaintiff claims Brinker should be held responsible not only for the breach itself, but for failing to disclose the incident to customers in a timely manner.

May 16, 2018 A proposed class action suit has been filed against Under Armour over a data breach affecting roughly 150 million users of the company's 'MyFitnessPal' app.

May 15, 2018 A proposed class action has been filed against Allconnect, Inc. claiming the multichannel marketplace operator’s negligence resulted in a data breach that exposed employees’ personal information to hackers.

May 14, 2018 24/7, Inc., Best Buy and Delta Airlines face a lawsuit over their roles in a data breach not made public until more than six months after it took place.

May 11, 2018 Aptos, Inc. and Tempur Sealy International, Inc. have been named as defendants in a proposed class action that claims the companies’ negligence put their customers at risk of identity theft.

May 4, 2018 A proposed class action has been filed against Iowa Health System, Inc. (which does business as UnityPoint Health) over claims that the healthcare provider failed to protect patients’ medical information.

April 27, 2018 Uber faces a proposed class action lawsuit over allegedly sending consumers unsolicited and unwanted text messages.

April 11, 2018 A lawsuit claims Saks did too little in safeguarding the payment information of Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks OFF 5th and Lord & Taylor customers.

March 27, 2018 A new lawsuit claims Facebook violated CA law in failing to notify its users their data had been compromised by 'co-conspirators' as far back as 2014.

March 1, 2018 A case filed in Georgia seeks injunctive relief and monetary damages from Uber over its concealment of an October 2016 data breach.

February 12, 2018 The case claims Equifax and its directors overstepped federal securities laws governing financial reporting and the company's concealment of the data breach.

January 26, 2018 Intel and its CEO and CFO face a securities suit filed over a dip in stock prices that followed news of the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws.

January 26, 2018 The litigation continues against Uber and Raiser over the fallout from a 2016 data breach the companies covered up by paying the hackers $100k.

January 25, 2018 A proposed class action has been filed against Uber Technologies, Inc. over a security breach that reportedly compromised the private information of millions of the ride-sharing service’s drivers and customers.

January 8, 2018 Uber and Raiser simply cannot escape litigation over a 2016 data breach the ride-sharing service paid hackers to keep out of public view.

December 27, 2017 Lawsuits continue to be filed against Uber and Raiser over their handling of a 2016 data breach. This class action case comes to us from South Carolina.

December 19, 2017 Sonic Corporation is on the receiving end of a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges it failed to protect customers’ personally identifiable information from being stolen in a data breach.

November 29, 2017 Solera Holdings failed to put in place safety measures that could've prevented a 2016 data breach sparked by an email phishing scheme, a lawsuit claims.

November 29, 2017 A case filed in Pennsylvania seeks answers from the ride-hailing company about it's costly cover up of a 2016 data breach that compromised driver, rider data.

November 15, 2017 Sonic Corp. and 37 subsidiaries across Arizona have been named as defendants in a proposed class action lawsuit filed in the wake of a security breach the company announced in September 2017.

October 18, 2017 Three former employees of Lincare Holdings, Inc. have filed a proposed class action lawsuit against the company over claims that its negligence in protecting their personal information led to a data breach and the resulting risk of identity theft.

October 5, 2017 Sonic Corp. is on the receiving end of another proposed class action filed in the wake of its recently reported security breach, which was announced on September 26, 2017.

October 4, 2017 Another consumer has sued Sonic over how it handled a data breach of its payment systems that exposed around five million payment account numbers.

September 29, 2017 The drive-in fast food chain is facing a lawsuit over its alleged failure to protect customer payment information filed roughly a day after announcing the hack.

September 7, 2017 A contracted worker has sued Highpoint Solutions and its former HR manager in the wake of the latter's much-publicized theft of millions from the company.