July 20, 2021 Elekta faces a class action over a ransomware attack that reportedly compromised all of the personally identifiable patient information housed in its cloud-based data storage system.
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July 20, 2021 A class action claims Lemonade unlawfully collected Illinois residents’ facial geometries through videos uploaded as part of the claims process on the insurer’s website.
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July 19, 2021 Advocate Aurora Health faces a lawsuit over a series of data breaches that reportedly compromised the personal and health information of more than 100,000 patients.
July 15, 2021 Soundhound has collected and disclosed Illinois residents’ voiceprints without obtaining written consent to do so, a proposed class action claims.
July 14, 2021 A class action contends that the Sidewalk network built into Amazon’s Ring doorbells and Echo smart speakers essentially steals consumers’ paid-for internet bandwidth without consent.
July 13, 2021 The Blackstone Group faces a class action that alleges the private equity firm violated an Illinois privacy law when it obtained genetic information upon its acquisition of Ancestry.com.
July 9, 2021 20/20 Eye Care Network and iCare Health Solutions face a proposed class action over a data breach that reportedly compromised customers’ sensitive information.
July 9, 2021 Walmart faces a class action over its alleged practice of collecting warehouse workers’ voiceprints without first obtaining consent and providing proper disclosures.
July 7, 2021 Family Dollar and Dollar Tree have allegedly scanned workers’ fingerprints without providing statutory disclosures or obtaining written consent to do so.
July 6, 2021 A class action alleges Nuwber unlawfully uses the identities of Ill. residents to sell subscriptions to its database containing “detailed reports” available to anyone willing to pay a monthly fee.
July 6, 2021 A proposed class action claims Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant secretly records conversations users never intended Alexa, or anyone else, to hear.
July 1, 2021 Apple has failed to sufficiently disclose to Ill. residents that the facial/fingerprint recognition features of iPhones, iPads and MacBooks extract their sensitive biometric information, a class action alleges.
July 1, 2021 A class action claims Mary Kay and Ulta have failed to provide mandatory biometric information privacy disclosures to those who use the companies’ virtual makeup try-on tools.
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June 30, 2021 Volkswagen and Audi face a proposed class action after the personally identifiable information of more than 3 million people was reportedly stolen in a data breach.
June 24, 2021 Automation Personnel faces a class action centered on a November 2020 data breach that reportedly compromised the personal information of nearly 300,000 individuals.
June 23, 2021 A Wilmington, NC gas station is the plaintiff in a class action that looks to represent more than 11,000 similar businesses over damages stemming from the Colonial Pipeline shutdown.
June 23, 2021 Scripps Health faces at least two class action over a late-April 2021 data breach in which the sensitive personal and medical information was reportedly compromised by cyber criminals.
June 23, 2021 Waste Management and USA Waste-Management Resources face a class action over their apparent failure to protect sensitive employee information.
June 22, 2021 ITC and Zywave face a class action over a late-February 2021 data breach that reportedly compromised the personal information of thousands of consumers.
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June 18, 2021 A class action alleges Outdoor Sportsman Group has rented, exchanged or disclosed the info of Guns & Ammo, RifleShooter and Handguns magazine subscribers to third parties without consent.
June 18, 2021 A lawsuit claims Swiss Automation collected, used and stored workers’ biometric information without first providing proper disclosures or obtaining consent to do so.
June 16, 2021 UBS obtained consumer reports on prospective employees without first providing a compliant disclosure form stating its intent to do so, a lawsuit alleges.
June 16, 2021 Puma North America faces a class action that claims the footwear/apparel co. has unlawfully collected, used and stored the biometric data of Illinois retail employees.
June 7, 2021 The failure of CaptureRx and Midtown Health Center to safeguard patients’ private information is to blame for a February 2021 data breach, a class action says.
June 4, 2021 A class action alleges Netgain Technology’s failure to safeguard the confidential, personally identifiable information of hundreds of thousands is to blame for a late-Sept. 2020 data breach.
June 3, 2021 A lawsuit claims inadequate security protocols on the part of Sincera Reproductive Medicine led to a data breach that left patients at risk of identity theft and fraud.
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June 2, 2021 Herff Jones has been hit with a class action over a recent data breach alleged to have caused students to incur fraudulent charges on their bank accounts.
June 1, 2021 A lawsuit claims McDonald’s violated an Illinois privacy law by collecting customers’ voiceprints without first providing proper disclosures or obtaining consent.
June 1, 2021 Pie Five Restaurants faces a lawsuit over its apparent policy of scanning workers’ fingerprints without first providing statutory disclosures or obtaining consent.
May 28, 2021 A class action alleges Humana and Visionary Medical Systems, a subcontractor of Cotiviti Holdings, were negligent in their handling of sensitive medical information.
May 28, 2021 A lawsuit claims Caliber Home Loans violated a federal debt collection law by disclosing consumers’ private, debt-related information to unauthorized third parties.
May 27, 2021 The company responsible for managing inspections and emissions testing for the Connecticut DMV faces a class action in the wake of a late-March 2021 data breach.
May 27, 2021 A lawsuit claims Oberweis Dairy required employees to scan their fingerprints without first providing proper disclosures or securing their consent to do so.
May 25, 2021 A lawsuit claims Oldcastle Services unlawfully collected workers’ fingerprints without first providing statutory disclosures and obtaining consent to do so.
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May 24, 2021 A class action alleges i360, LLC and GC Strategies, LLC have engaged in a pattern and practice of profiting from the sale and distribution of California voters’ personal information in violation of state law.
May 21, 2021 A proposed class action claims Athleta LLC has surreptitiously intercepted Florida residents’ interactions with its website, www.athleta.gap.com.
May 21, 2021 A lawsuit claims Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant secretly makes and stores recordings of conversations even when consumers do not intend to activate the device.
May 18, 2021 Amazon faces a class action in Ill. over its allegedly secret use of state residents’ facial scans to improve Rekognition, image-recognition technology that the world’s largest online retailer markets and sells to third parties.
May 18, 2021 A lawsuit claims Uber drivers are required to verify their identities through Microsoft’s facial recognition technology without consenting to the collection of their biometric information.
May 13, 2021 Med-Data, Inc. faces a proposed class action over a data breach that reportedly compromised the sensitive personal information of its clients’ patients.
May 11, 2021 The American Armed Forces Mutual Aid Association faces a class action in the wake of a large-scale data breach that reportedly affected tens of thousands of United States Military veterans.
May 11, 2021 A lawsuit claims Buy Buy Baby overstepped a Florida law by “wiretapping” the electronic communications of those in the state who visit its website, buybuybaby.com.
May 7, 2021 A lawsuit has been filed against Healthgrades over a data breach that reportedly compromised the private information of thousands of its clients’ patients.
May 6, 2021 Pennsylvania’s Dept. of Health and Insight Global face a class action over a recent cyberattack and data breach affecting the state's COVID-19 contact tracing program.
May 5, 2021 A class action alleges ADT has misrepresented to consumers when, exactly, its in-home security cameras would record.
May 5, 2021 A lawsuit alleges 1-800 Contacts “wiretapp[ed]” the electronic communications of website visitors in Florida without their knowledge or consent.
May 5, 2021 Neiman Marcus has violated Florida law by “wiretapping” state residents’ electronic communications through the company’s websites, a class action alleges.
April 30, 2021 A class action looks to represent certain Illinois law and med school students and state bar exam-takers who’ve used ExamSoft Worldwide’s online proctoring software.
April 29, 2021 Google faces a class action centered on an alleged "security flaw" with the COVID-19 exposure notification system it helped develop.
April 28, 2021 AmeriFirst Financial faces a lawsuit over a December 2020 data breach that reportedly compromised the personal information of more than 100,000 customers.
