Privacy

February 6, 2020 The three companies that run Subway restaurants face a proposed class action alleging they sent illicit marketing texts without obtaining prior consent.

February 4, 2020 A class action claims Compass Group USA illegally collected Illinois customers’ fingerprints at its vending machines without consent.

February 3, 2020 A class action lawsuit claims Berkshire Hathaway trained and encouraged realtors to place illicit spam calls to owners of expired listings without obtaining consent.

January 30, 2020 IBM faces a class action that alleges the company collected, stored and shared with third parties facial scans of more than one million people featured in Flickr photos.

January 30, 2020 IBM faces a class action over allegations that the company scanned millions of photos to create face templates without consent to do so.

January 28, 2020 The company that runs the Tidelands Health hospital network has been hit with a proposed class action in the wake of a December 2019 ransomware attack that reportedly exposed patients’ sensitive data to unauthorized parties.

January 27, 2020 A proposed class action lawsuit claims that DirecTV “knowingly or willfully” violated federal law by placing telemarketing calls without obtaining recipients’ consent.

January 27, 2020 Health Quest Systems and Nuvance Health are facing a suit that claims the companies failed to adequately protect patients’ private information and promptly alert those affected by a 2018 breach.

January 27, 2020 A class action claims Grand Caribbean Cruises placed illicit calls to numbers on the Do-Not-Call Registry without recipients’ consent.

January 24, 2020 A proposed class action lawsuit claims NFI Industries, Inc. overstepped an Illinois privacy law when it collected employees’ fingerprints for timekeeping purposes.

January 24, 2020 A class action alleges Draeger’s “inadequate” data security is to blame for a phishing incident that exposed sensitive employee information in 2016.

January 24, 2020 A class action claims Designer Brands put customers at an increased risk of identity theft by printing ten digits of credit or debit card numbers on receipts.

January 17, 2020 Quicken Loans faces a class action that claims the company placed spam calls and sent marketing texts without obtaining consent from recipients.

January 13, 2020 A class action claims Biometric Impressions Corp. violated an Illinois privacy law when collecting and storing individuals' fingerprints on behalf of clients.

January 13, 2020 A class action claims Earth Fare, Inc. illegally sent out marketing texts “en masse” without first obtaining consent from recipients.

January 9, 2020 Red Wing is facing a class action that claims it exposed customers to potential identity theft by printing 10 digits of their credit and debit card numbers on receipts.

January 9, 2020 A class action claims PNC Bank placed illicit marketing calls without the consent of the called parties.

January 9, 2020 A class action claims Allstaff Services obtained job applicants’ consumer reports without permission and used the information to take adverse action.

January 8, 2020 A class action lawsuit claims PersonalizationMall.com, LLC unlawfully collected and stored employees’ fingerprints for timekeeping purposes without obeying Illinois law.

January 8, 2020 Wawa faces a proposed class action that claims the convenience store chain failed to protect customers’ payment information from hackers.

January 8, 2020 Wawa has been hit with a number of proposed class action lawsuits over a 2019 data breaching affecting the company's roughly 850 locations.

December 19, 2019 A proposed class action claims Verizon illegally conducted consumer credit inquiries without permission and on people who never inquired about opening accounts.

December 16, 2019 A class action claims ConnectAmerica.com, also known as Medical Alert, illegally called consumers on the Do-Not-Call Registry without consent.

December 13, 2019 A class action claims Nextdoor.com illegally sent autodialed marketing texts without first obtaining consent from recipients.

December 13, 2019 A class action claims an Illinois Wingstop operator violated state law by improperly collecting workers’ biometric information.

December 12, 2019 A class action claims Inmediata Health Group Corp. failed to adequately protect the sensitive information of over 1.5 million consumers from a "large data security incident."

December 10, 2019 A class action claims Office Depot illegally sent unsolicited texts to consumers and ignored explicit requests to stop.

December 6, 2019 A proposed class action claims Kevin Jackson and The Black Sphere sent to Philadelphia residents thousands of unlawful text messages purportedly focused on criminal justice reform.

December 6, 2019 A class action claims National University Systems and two of its affiliated schools partnered with third-party lead generation companies to place illegal telemarketing calls to potential students.

December 4, 2019 A class action claims New Jersey’s Momentum Solar used an autodialer to place illegal telemarketing calls to consumers without consent.

November 27, 2019 A proposed collective action claims nursing female police officers in Philadelphia are not provided with reasonable breaks and a private, sanitary place in which they can express breast milk for their nursing children.

November 26, 2019 A proposed class action claims Second Choice Horizon and Barclays placed illicit telemarketing calls advertising Barclays credit cards.

November 20, 2019 Hollywood Casino in Joliet, Illinois has been named in a proposed class action lawsuit in which a woman claims the casino unlawfully collected scans of rewards program members’ facial features without proper authorization.

November 19, 2019 A proposed class action claims Robinhood Markets, Inc. and its subsidiary “initiated and assisted” in the transmission of unsolicited spam texts through a “refer-a-friend” program.

November 19, 2019 A class action claims Amazon Web Services stored biometric data captured by third parties without adhering to Illinois’ BIPA regulations.

November 14, 2019 Experian is facing a proposed class action lawsuit that claims it has failed to disclose to consumers the full extent of the information it collects and disseminates to third parties.

November 14, 2019 A proposed class action claims Quicken Loans sent marketing texts to consumers without permission and ignored requests to stop.

November 12, 2019 A class action claims 7-Eleven unlawfully sent unsolicited telemarketing messages to persuade consumers to sign up for promotional texts.

November 7, 2019 A class action claims National Health Plans & Benefits Agency sent auto-generated telemarketing texts without first obtaining permission to do so.

November 7, 2019 A class action claims an Illinois casino obtained scans of customers’ faces without their knowledge or permission, in violation of a state privacy law.

November 6, 2019 Pearson is facing a class action that claims the company failed to take adequate steps to prevent, detect and respond to a breach of its AIMSweb online student progress monitoring system.

November 5, 2019 A class action claims Venus Fashion sent illicit marketing texts to numbers on the Do-Not-Call Registry and used an auto-dialer to send texts without consent.

October 31, 2019 Re/Max faces a class action that claims it encouraged and trained agents to cold call sellers of expired property listings without the recipients’ consent.

October 25, 2019 Fred Haas Motors is facing a suit that claims the auto dealer left voicemails on consumers’ cell phones in violation of federal law.

October 24, 2019 Dollar General used automatic dialing technology to send marketing texts to consumers without first obtaining their express written consent, a class action alleges.

October 16, 2019 A proposed class action lawsuit out of Illinois claims Corner Bakery Cafe overstepped state privacy law with its practice of collecting employees’ fingerprints to track their work hours.

October 16, 2019 A class action claims Memorial Hospital at Gulfport failed to implement adequate cybersecurity measures and timely notify patients of a sizeable data breach.

October 15, 2019 Hearing Help Express placed illegal, unsolicited telemarketing calls in an attempt to sell hearing aids, a class action claims.

October 15, 2019 Goldman Sachs, LendingPoint and Upstart Network illegally accessed credit reports of non-accountholders in violation of FCRA regulations, a class action claims.

October 10, 2019 Kentucky Counseling Center failed to adequately secure patients’ information and alert parties affected by a data breach in a timely fashion, a class action claims.