Privacy

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.

May 21, 2019 A Florida resident claims in a lawsuit that he received numerous unauthorized text advertisements from Checkers Drive-In Restaurants in violation of the TCPA.

May 20, 2019 A proposed class action out of California takes issue with IKEA’s alleged practice of asking for and recording the zip codes of customers who pay for items with a credit card.

May 17, 2019 Red Wing Shoe Store is facing a lawsuit in which a customer alleges the company “recklessly” printed too many digits of his credit card number on his receipt.

May 10, 2019 A lawsuit alleges that home security companies ADT and Safe Streets USA place pre-recorded calls to consumers’ cell phones.

May 10, 2019 A proposed class action alleges the operators of Cambria Hotel in Chicago overstepped Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act by collecting and storing employees’ fingerprints for the purpose of tracking work hours.

May 3, 2019 AT&T faces a proposed class action lawsuit in which the telecommunications company is accused of failing to protect customers’ geolocation data from unauthorized use by third parties.

May 2, 2019 Anytime Fitness has been hit with a lawsuit that alleges the gym chain sent unsolicited promotional text messages en masse to thousands of consumers.

April 30, 2019 Jenny Craig, Inc. is on the receiving end of a proposed class action filed over its alleged transmission of unauthorized promotional text messages.

April 24, 2019 A lawsuit alleges that Home Depot performed an unauthorized background check on an employee after presenting the man with an improper consent form.

April 23, 2019 H&R Block and Axos Bank are the defendants in a lawsuit that alleges the companies sent unsolicited text messages to a consumer about someone else’s account.

April 18, 2019 Sharp Healthcare and Sharp Grossmont Hospital face another lawsuit over allegations that nearly 2,000 women were filmed without consent while undergoing surgical procedures at the San Diego hospital.

April 12, 2019 PillPack LLC is facing a lawsuit from a Washington resident who claims to have received unsolicited promotional calls from the online pharmacy.

April 5, 2019 In a proposed class action recently removed to California federal court, a woman alleges Swarovski “intentionally and surreptitiously” records calls to its toll-free customer service number without callers’ knowledge or consent.

March 28, 2019 Starbucks founder Howard Schultz is facing a lawsuit that alleges he sent unsolicited texts to promote his book and “explore his potential presidential bid."

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 13, 2019 A lawsuit claims that Split Rock Resort left customers vulnerable to identity theft by printing too many credit and debit card digits on sales receipts.

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.

March 4, 2019 A lawsuit claims that Avis Budget Group fails to clear customers' data from GPS and infotainment systems before placing rental cars back into circulation.

February 15, 2019 A lawsuit claims that First Advantage Background Services furnishes consumer reports that misrepresent criminal offenses as more serious than they are.

February 1, 2019 A consumer alleges in a proposed class action that Playboy Enterprises unlawfully shared his magazine subscription information with third-party data companies.

January 30, 2019 A job applicant claims HKA Enterprises performed an unauthorized background check and took adverse action against him before providing him a copy of the report.

January 29, 2019 HireRight, LLC is the defendant in a proposed class action that alleges the company routinely furnishes background reports that contain outdated arrest records and other adverse information.

January 24, 2019 A lawsuit filed in California federal court alleges that CreditRepair.Com, Inc. placed unwanted telemarketing calls to a consumer on a daily basis.

January 21, 2019 White Castle and Cross Match Technologies face a proposed class action in IL over the collection, storage and dissemination of employee fingerprints.

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."

January 11, 2019 A class action alleges OHM Concession Group and its bio-tech providers violated the Illinois BIPA by failing to obtain proper consent before capturing and storing fingerprints.

December 19, 2018 A class action filed over Facebook's allegedly secret location tracking has been reassigned from a magistrate judge to a California district court judge.

December 17, 2018 A Florida man’s lawsuit against Quicken Loans claims that the company violated the TCPA by sending unsolicited promotional messages to his cell phone.

December 7, 2018 A proposed class action out of Florida federal court alleges MobileSentrix sent an unauthorized advertisement to a consumer.

December 6, 2018 A Florida resident claims to have received more than 50 unauthorized marketing texts from plastic surgery clinic Strax Rejuvenation.

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.

December 5, 2018 Sunrise Detox III is on the receiving end of a lawsuit that alleges the company sent an unauthorized promotional text to a Miami resident.

December 3, 2018 Marriott International, Inc. is facing at least three proposed class action lawsuits filed in the wake of a years-long data breach that exposed approximately 500 million guests’ private information to hackers.

November 30, 2018 Iowa Health System, which does business as UnityPoint Health, has been hit with a class action filed over two data breaches that reportedly occurred in late 2017 and early 2018 and compromised over 1.4 million patients’ private health information.

November 28, 2018 Palm Beach Sports Club is the defendant in a lawsuit wherein a Florida resident claims he received an unsolicited telemarketing text from the company.

November 27, 2018 A former Brooklyn prosecutor and several high-ranking co-defendants face a lawsuit filed on behalf of those caught up in an illegal 18-month wiretapping operation.

November 26, 2018 A Florida woman alleges that Titan Merchant Services sent a prerecorded message to her cell phone without first obtaining her prior consent to do so.

November 21, 2018 Mi Numero Local has been sued by a Miami resident who claims the telecommunications company sent him unauthorized promotional text messages.

November 16, 2018 A lawsuit claims that job placement services provider GoSmith texted a Miami resident without first obtaining the man’s express consent to do so.

November 13, 2018 Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. has been hit with a proposed class action filed over an April 2018 data breach during which employees’ personally identifying information was allegedly compromised.

November 13, 2018 A Miami resident claims that YIR, LLC sent him an automated text message without first obtaining his express written consent to do so.

November 9, 2018 Children’s fitness center My Gym Enterprises is the defendant in a proposed class action that cites potential violations of the TCPA.

November 5, 2018 Comdata is facing a lawsuit filed by a California resident who claims the company sent him automated texts without first obtaining his express consent to do so.

November 2, 2018 Tryke Companies is the defendant in a lawsuit filed over allegedly unauthorized text message advertisements.

November 2, 2018 South Florida Institute of Technology is facing a lawsuit filed by a consumer who claims the school sent him unwanted telemarketing text messages.

November 2, 2018 Google faces more potential class action litigation over its alleged practice of tracking and storing the location history of users without authorization.

November 1, 2018 Red Robin International is facing a New Jersey man's lawsuit in which he claims the restaurant chain sent him several unauthorized telemarketing texts.

November 1, 2018 A proposed class action filed against Fiorella Insurance Agency Inc. claims the company sent an unsolicited promotional text message to a Florida resident.

October 31, 2018 Walmart Inc. finds itself as the defendant in a lawsuit that alleges the company sent an unsolicited fax advertisement to an addiction treatment center.