Privacy

May 12, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims inadequate cybersecurity on the part of Carvin Wilson Software is to blame for a 2023 data breach that compromised the personal information of over 187,000 people.

May 11, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims DISH Network Corporation failed to protect the personal information of consumers and employees during a February 2023 ransomware attack.

May 11, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Crunchbase has unlawfully used Illinois residents’ personal information to market monthly subscription plans to its online business search platform without consent.

May 9, 2023 NextGen Healthcare faces at least two class actions in the wake of a data breach the electronic record software company experienced between March 29 and April 14, 2023.

May 9, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims healthcare service group Kaiser Permanente secretly shares the personal data of website visitors with numerous third parties without consent.

May 9, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims video streaming service Viki, Inc. secretly shares subscribers’ personal data with Meta Platforms (Facebook) without consent.

May 9, 2023 Scholly, Inc. faces a class action lawsuit wherein a Vermont consumer claims to have continually received text messages from the company despite opting out numerous times.

May 4, 2023 A class action claims Coinbase has wrongfully collected, stored, shared and profited from Illinois residents’ biometric data, including facial and fingerprint scans.

May 4, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims inadequate cybersecurity is to blame for a February 2023 cyberattack that compromised the personal data of “potentially thousands” of Baldor Specialty Foods employees.

May 2, 2023 West Technology Group faces a class action lawsuit that claims the cloud and data services provider failed to protect employees’ personal information from a December 2022 cyberattack.

May 1, 2023 L’Oréal has been hit with a class action lawsuit filed by a consumer who claims to have received texts from the cosmetics company despite requesting “many times” to opt out.

April 26, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims that negligence on the part of Green Valley Pecan Company led to a data breach that compromised the personal information of over 9,000 employees.

April 26, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims cost-cutting by the American Bar Association is to blame for a March 2023 data breach that compromised the personal information of up to 1.4 million members.

April 25, 2023 Millennia Tax Relief faces a class action wherein a consumer claims to have received unsolicited calls, texts and ringless voicemails from the company, even though his cell phone number is on the National Do Not Call Registry.

April 21, 2023 Jackson Hewitt faces a class action filed by a consumer who claims to have received unsolicited text messages from the company despite her phone number’s inclusion on the National Do Not Call Registry.

April 20, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Harrington Raceway failed to protect consumers’ personal information during a December 2022 data breach.

April 20, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Cohen Cleary, P.C. is to blame for a data breach purportedly discovered in September 2022.

April 18, 2023 A class action lawsuit alleges that Atlantic General Hospital Corporation (AGH) is to blame for a January 2023 data breach that reportedly compromised the personal information of thousands of patients.

April 17, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims negligence on the part of NorthStar EMS, Inc. caused a September 2022 cyberattack that compromised the personal information of 82,000 people.

April 14, 2023 Yum! Brands faces a class action over a Jan. 2023 data breach that compromised the sensitive information of potentially hundreds of thousands of current and former employees and job applicants.

April 14, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Atlas Real Estate Group “lost control” of the private data of more than 4,000 consumers during a November 2022 cyberattack.

April 13, 2023 A class action alleges Suncoast Credit Union has negligently allowed cybercriminals to open fake bank accounts in consumers’ names via its online banking platform.

April 12, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Erickson Demel & Associates, PLLC “lost control” of 3,000 people’s personal information during a cyberattack in January 2023.

April 11, 2023 Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. faces a class action lawsuit that alleges the trucking company has unlawfully collected and stored employees’ biometric data without consent.

April 7, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims negligence on the part of American Pain and Wellness resulted in a cyberattack that compromised the personal data of thousands of patients.

April 7, 2023 A class action lawsuit alleges Lehigh Valley Health Network, Inc. failed to protect consumers’ personal data from hackers who subsequently posted cancer patients’ nude photos on the dark web.

April 6, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Cardiovascular Associates (CVA) failed to protect the personal info of more than 400,000 people during a data breach purportedly discovered in December 2022.

April 6, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims negligent cybersecurity on the part of NCB Management Services resulted in a “foreseeable” data breach purportedly detected by the company in February 2023.

April 5, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims the maker of ID-scanning software Patronscan has unlawfully captured, stored, shared and profited from Illinois residents’ biometric data.

March 28, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims negligence on the part of Bone & Joint Clinic, S.C. is to blame for a data breach purportedly discovered by the company in January 2023.

March 28, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Crystal Bay Casino failed to protect the personal information of more than 86,000 people during a November 2022 data breach.

March 28, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims the University of Maryland Medical System Corporation secretly transmits the personal data of UMMS.org visitors to numerous third parties without consent.

March 27, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims CentiMark Corporation’s “outdated” and “negligent” cybersecurity practices resulted in a data breach purportedly discovered by the company in August 2022.

March 27, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims debt collector National Recovery Agency has unlawfully sent text messages to consumers after being asked to stop.

March 27, 2023 At least two class action lawsuits claim negligence on the part of ZOLL Medical Corporation resulted in a “foreseeable” data breach that compromised the personal information of over a million people.

March 23, 2023 Independent Living Systems faces another class action lawsuit that claims the health services company failed to protect current and former patients’ personal information from a “foreseeable” data breach in July 2022.

March 23, 2023 A class action lawsuit alleges Independent Living Systems recklessly and/or negligently failed to protect itself from a data breach that compromised the personal information of over four million people.

March 21, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims MakeupByMario, Inc. (MBM) has captured Illinois consumers’ biometric facial scans without consent through a “virtual try-on” feature on MakeupByMario.com.

March 20, 2023 A class action alleges eufy’s privacy claims are misleading in that the brand’s security cameras upload biometric facial data and live footage to the cloud in a format that’s unencrypted and viewable by third parties.

March 16, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Datanyze, an online business search platform provider, used Ohio citizens’ personal information to advertise and sell its subscription programs without obtaining their consent.

March 15, 2023 ExxonMobil Oil Corporation faces a class action lawsuit filed by a Florida resident who claims to have received automated text messages from the company without first providing her consent.

March 15, 2023 A class action claims Amazon.com and two subsidiaries have violated privacy law by requesting that job applicants and employees disclose their family medical histories for the purpose of making hiring decisions.

March 15, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims negligence on the part of law firm Smith, Gambrell & Russell International resulted in a data breach that compromised the personal information of over 19,000 people.

March 13, 2023 A class action alleges online healthcare platform Cerebral has secretly shared consumers’ information with Facebook, Google, TikTok and other third parties via hidden tracking pixels.

March 13, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Madison Reed has unlawfully collected without consent consumers’ biometric facial scans through a “virtual try-on” feature on its website.

March 13, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims negligence on the part of IT management software company Fortra resulted in a data breach that compromised the personal info of nearly 140,000 individuals.

March 9, 2023 Chick-fil-A faces a class action lawsuit that claims its “reckless” and “negligent” cybersecurity practices are to blame for a data breach announced by the fast-food company in March 2023.

March 6, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims the negligence of four major healthcare networks in Southern California resulted in a “foreseeable” data breach that compromised the personal information of over three million patients.

February 27, 2023 A class action lawsuit alleges AMC Networks unlawfully retains AMC+ subscribers’ viewing histories and secretly transmits their personal data to Meta Platforms (Facebook) without consent.

February 27, 2023 A class action accuses CentraState Healthcare System and Executive Director of Health Information Management and Privacy Officer Shaunna Ellison of failing to protect patients’ personal data from a December 2022 cyberattack.