Privacy

December 8, 2022 Class action claims Avis Budget Group websites “intentionally intercepted” online visitors’ electronic communications by using “session replay” spyware.

December 8, 2022 Apple faces a proposed class action that alleges the company’s AirTags have “revolutionized the scope, breadth, and ease of location-based stalking.”

December 1, 2022 TransUnion faces a class action less than a month after disclosing that millions of customers’ files were accessed without authorization during a 2022 data breach.

November 29, 2022 Chegg faces a class action roughly a month after the FTC accused the company of “numerous cybersecurity lapses” that allegedly caused four data breaches between 2017 and 2020.

November 17, 2022 Choice Health Insurance faces a class action over its alleged failure to properly safeguard consumers’ sensitive information from a “foreseeable” May 2022 data breach.

November 17, 2022 The Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health faces a class action after allegedly installing a contact-tracing app on more than one million Android users’ smartphones without their knowledge or consent.

November 14, 2022 A class action alleges Blackhawk Network is at fault for a “foreseeable” data breach that hit MyPrepaidCenter.com in September 2022, affecting thousands of consumers.

November 10, 2022 A class action alleges the U.S. Dept. of Education has enabled fraudsters to steal hundreds of millions of dollars and saddle innocent consumers with fraudulent student loan debt.

November 8, 2022 Community Loan Servicing faces a class action that alleges a data breach last year was caused by the company’s failure to implement reasonable cybersecurity procedures.

November 3, 2022 A class action alleges OakBend Medical Center maintained sensitive information in “a reckless manner” prior to a ransomware attack in September 2022.

November 1, 2022 The Savannah College of Art and Design faces a proposed class action in the wake of a “widespread” 2022 data breach.

November 1, 2022 A class action alleges the websites for each NFL team have unlawfully shared the personal identifying information of newsletter subscribers with Facebook without consent.

October 26, 2022 Major League Baseball’s media arm faces a class action that alleges it has illegally disclosed certain personal information of MLB.com subscribers to Meta Platforms (Facebook).

October 25, 2022 Two lawsuits claim Lovisa and Sephora have unlawfully recorded and shared the communications of consumers who use the chat feature on their websites.

October 7, 2022 Gifted Healthcare faces a proposed class action over a 2021 data breach during which the nationwide nurse staffing company’s email systems were hacked by unknown parties.

October 4, 2022 A class action alleges the Charles Schwab Corporation has unlawfully recorded and examined consumers' voiceprints without express written consent.

October 3, 2022 The company behind Bunk1.com faces a class action that alleges it has unlawfully collected, stored, used and disclosed the biometric information of some Illinois residents.

September 30, 2022 A class action says details of the video content viewed by ESPN.com and ESPN+ subscribers have been shared by the worldwide leader in sports with Meta Platforms without consent.

September 30, 2022 A class action alleges Chase Bank has used a Microsoft subsidiary’s technology to record and examine California customers’ voiceprints without their express consent or knowledge.

September 20, 2022 A class action alleges Meta injects hidden JavaScript code into external websites to work around an April 2021 Apple iOS privacy update.

September 14, 2022 A Calif. consumer has filed class actions against BJ’s, Kroger, AIG and Aflac over allegations that the companies have illegally tracked consumers who visit their websites.

September 13, 2022 Healthline Media faces a class action that alleges the website has illegally disclosed consumers’ personally identifiable information to Meta Platforms without consent.

September 9, 2022 A class action alleges mobile analytics firm Kochava has illegally collected and stored California consumers’ precise location data and then sold that information to its clients.

September 7, 2022 A class action alleges YouTube has run afoul of an Illinois biometric privacy law by capturing and storing scans of consumers’ faces by way of its “Face Blur” tool.

August 30, 2022 Practice Resources, LLC faces a class action after the medical billing services provider was targeted by cybercriminals during an April 2022 data breach.

August 30, 2022 Nelnet Servicing faces a class action over a 2022 data breach affecting more than 2.5 million people who’ve taken out student loans with OSLA or EdFinancial.

August 26, 2022 Applebee’s and others face a class action that alleges the restaurants’ AI-powered voice ordering systems unlawfully collect, use and store Illinois consumers’ biometric voiceprints.

August 25, 2022 Oracle America faces a class action that aims to take the worldwide data broker to task for allegedly surveilling and selling the personal information of hundreds of millions of people.

August 23, 2022 Twitter faces a class action over its allegedly “surreptitious and undisclosed” use of consumers’ telephone numbers and email addresses for marketing purposes.

August 16, 2022 Sixt Rent a Car faces a class action in the wake of a cyberattack that reportedly compromised the sensitive personal information of thousands of current and former employees.

August 16, 2022 A class action alleges Pindrop has violated a California privacy law by recording and analyzing the voices of consumers in the state without obtaining consent.

August 10, 2022 UCSF Medical Center and Dignity Health Medical Foundation face a class action over their alleged use of a Meta (Facebook) tracking pixel on their respective patient portal websites.

August 3, 2022 A proposed class action lawsuit alleges The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. has illegally “wiretapped” its website so as to monitor and record user interactions.

August 2, 2022 A class action alleges Fandom, Inc. has violated federal law by disclosing users’ identities and video-viewing preferences to Meta Platforms (Facebook) without proper consent.

July 19, 2022 LendingTree faces a class action over a 2022 cyberattack in which the company allegedly “lost control” over the highly sensitive personal information of more than 200,000 consumers.

July 19, 2022 Elephant Insurance Company and Apparent Insurance face a class action over a 2022 data breach in which the information of more than 2.7 million consumers was reportedly exposed.

July 19, 2022 A proposed class action alleges Paramount Global Corp. has unlawfully disclosed certain information about those who watch videos on CBS.com with Facebook without consent.

July 13, 2022 Eye Care Leaders faces a proposed class action lawsuit over a December 2021 cyberattack in which “criminal hackers” were able to access the company’s myCare Identity medical record platform.

July 12, 2022 Lincare Holdings faces a proposed class action lawsuit over its alleged failure to safeguard certain sensitive information stored on its servers.

June 29, 2022 Inntopia has been hit with a proposed class action over a cyberattack that compromised the sensitive information of nearly 18,000 consumers.

June 29, 2022 Online pharmacy Capsule faces a class action in the wake of a data breach in which the information of more than 27,000 customers was reportedly exposed.

June 29, 2022 Numrich Gun Parts faces a class action over its alleged failure to safeguard the sensitive information of more than 45,000 online customers.

June 24, 2022 A class action alleges ZoomInfo has illegally shared Community Edition Program subscribers’ and their contacts’ personal information and communications with third parties.

June 14, 2022 A class action alleges the operator of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut franchises in the Midwest and Southeast has collected Illinois employees’ fingerprints without consent.

June 8, 2022 The companies who operate People.com face a class action that alleges the website secretly tracks and records visitors’ video-viewing habits and shares the data with Facebook.

May 31, 2022 A proposed class action alleges Patreon has unlawfully disclosed digital subscribers’ identities and video-viewing preferences to Facebook without proper consent to do so.

May 31, 2022 Illuminate Education, Inc. faces a class action after its PupilPath platform was hit by a data breach in early 2022 that reportedly impacted nearly two million students across five states.

May 31, 2022 Parker Hannifin Corporation failed to exercise “reasonable care” in safeguarding the sensitive information of current and former employees and their dependents, a proposed class action alleges.

May 31, 2022 Washington and California residents have filed a class action in which they object to being asked to participate in the American Community Survey.

May 27, 2022 A proposed class action in Illinois alleges Microsoft has failed to obtain informed consent before collecting consumers’ facial scans through the Photos app in Windows 10 and 11.