Privacy

November 2, 2023 A class action claims Chicago’s Rush University Hospital has unlawfully collected, stored and disseminated employee fingerprint scans without consent.

November 2, 2023 A class action claims the Lifetime Value Co. has unlawfully used Ohio residents’ personal data without consent to advertise monthly subscription plans to its online search platform.

November 2, 2023 A class action claims NBCUniversal Media and subsidiary Peacock TV have unlawfully shared with third parties the personal data of subscribers to certain NBC apps.

October 31, 2023 A class action alleges Piedmont Healthcare has secretly transmitted patients’ personal data to Meta Platforms (Facebook) without consent.

October 30, 2023 A class action claims negligence on the part of Umpqua Bank is to blame for a data breach this year that reportedly exposed the personal information of current and former customers.

October 26, 2023 TED Foundation, Inc. faces a class action that claims the nonprofit organization illegally shares website and app users’ personal information with third parties without consent.

October 25, 2023 A class action lawsuit alleges virtual fitness and wellness platform Alo Moves secretly shares subscribers’ personal data with Meta Platforms (Facebook) without consent.

October 24, 2023 A class action claims GEICO has unlawfully tracked and recorded without consent the online communications of website visitors nationwide.

October 23, 2023 A class action claims Santa Clara Valley Medical Center secretly transmits the private data of website visitors to Facebook and other third parties without consent.

October 19, 2023 Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc. faces a class action that claims the healthcare corporation failed to protect private employee and patient data during an August 2023 cyberattack.

October 19, 2023 A class action claims SIHF Healthcare has “repeatedly disregard[ed]” an Illinois privacy law by requesting that job applicants and employees disclose their family medical histories for the purpose of making employment decisions.

October 18, 2023 State Farm faces a proposed class action lawsuit after 400 million records were reportedly accessed and stolen by hackers during an August 2023 data breach.

October 16, 2023 Francesca’s faces a class action over a Jan. 2023 data breach in which cybercriminals accessed current and former employees’ and customers’ personal information.

October 16, 2023 Lifeline Systems Company has been hit with a class action lawsuit over a cyberattack discovered in August 2022 that reportedly impacted the personal data of approximately 74,000 individuals.

October 13, 2023 A class action claims the University of Minnesota failed to protect the private information of more than seven million people during a cyberattack reportedly discovered in July 2023.

October 13, 2023 Quest Diagnostics and Optum360 face a class action in which a consumer claims the companies illegally shared his sensitive medical data with a third-party debt collector without authorization.

October 11, 2023 Costco faces a class action over its alleged use of a Meta Pixel to secretly disclose the private health information of millions of pharmacy customers to third parties.

October 10, 2023 A class action alleges McLaren Health Care Corporation failed to implement reasonable, industry-standard cybersecurity prior to an early-October 2023 data breach.

October 10, 2023 Corebridge Financial faces a class action lawsuit over a May 2023 data breach that reportedly exposed the personal information of approximately 798,000 individuals.

October 9, 2023 Tinder faces a class action wherein a consumer claims the dating app has misrepresented the efficacy of its Photo Verification process and failed to detect scammers who have posed as her online.

October 6, 2023 The operator of MyPrepaidCenter.com faces a proposed class action lawsuit over a “foreseeable” August 2023 data breach.

October 5, 2023 A class action alleges the details of NBA Top Shot NFT owners’ video-viewing habits have been shared with third parties, including Meta, without consent.

October 5, 2023 Nuance Communications faces a class action after the information of more than 1M people reportedly fell into the hands of hackers during a 2023 data breach.

October 5, 2023 Upstream Rehabilitation faces a class action over a cyberattack that reportedly occurred in early 2023 and compromised the personal information of current and former patients.

October 2, 2023 A class action claims pediatric dental care provider Just Kids Dental failed to protect the private information of more than 129,000 people during an August 2023 cyberattack.

September 28, 2023 Amerita, Inc. faces a class action that claims the company failed to protect consumers’ personal information during a cyberattack reportedly discovered in March 2023.

September 27, 2023 A class action claims Amazon unlawfully collects, stores, shares and profits from the biometric data of consumers who shop at select Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh stores that employ the company’s Just Walk Out (JWO) technology.

September 27, 2023 A class action claims negligence on the part of MGM Resorts International is to blame for a September 2023 cyberattack that resulted in a 10-day shutdown of the company’s computer systems.

September 27, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims the companies behind USConcealedCarry.com unlawfully share subscribers’ personal information with Meta (Facebook) without consent.

September 26, 2023 A proposed class action lawsuit aims to hold IBM and Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems responsible for a “massive and preventable” 2023 data breach.

September 22, 2023 TMG Health faces a class action over a “massive” June 2023 data breach that reportedly compromised the personal information of more than 192,000 individuals.

September 19, 2023 A class action alleges Meta Platforms has secretly tracked North Carolina residents’ communications with the payment portal for the state’s Dept. of Motor Vehicles.

September 19, 2023 The Global Atlantic Financial Group faces a class action over a May 2023 cyberattack that compromised the personal information of current and former customers.

September 15, 2023 PokerStars faces a class action over a May 2023 data breach in which the personal information of roughly 110,000 people was stolen.

September 15, 2023 CareSource is one of the latest healthcare entities to face a proposed class action in the wake of the May 2023 MOVEit data breach.

September 13, 2023 A class action lawsuit alleges FuboTV unlawfully shares subscribers’ personal information with third parties without consent.

September 13, 2023 A class action alleges negligence on the part of American National is to blame for a May 2023 data breach that exposed the personal information of current and former customers.

September 13, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Chevron Federal Credit Union failed to protect the personal information of current and former customers from a May 2023 cyberattack.

September 13, 2023 International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) faces a class action lawsuit over a May 2023 data breach that reportedly impacted millions of individuals.

September 12, 2023 Fidelity Investments faces a class action lawsuit over a May 2023 cyberattack that affected approximately 371,000 customers and fund participants.

September 11, 2023 Tesla Motors, Inc. faces a class action over an apparent data breach the automaker said was caused by two ex-employees.

September 8, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims MAPFRE USA Corp. and subsidiary Commerce Insurance Company failed to protect the personal information of 266,142 customers from a “massive” data breach in July 2023.

September 7, 2023 Madison Reed, Inc. faces a class action filed by a consumer who claims to have received numerous unsolicited texts from the company despite having never provided consent to be contacted.

September 6, 2023 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP faces a class action that claims the law firm failed to protect the personal information of 152,818 individuals from a March 2023 cyberattack.

September 1, 2023 A class action alleges the maker of the InPen reusable insulin pen has illegally shared with Google and other third parties the health information of users nationwide.

August 30, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims TD Ameritrade, Inc. failed to protect the personal information of over 61,000 current and former customers from a “major data breach” in May 2023.

August 29, 2023 Payday loan company Advance America faces at least three proposed class actions in the wake of a February 2023 data breach that went unreported for roughly six months.

August 24, 2023 A class action alleges PowerSchool and several others have caused millions of students to hand over their data without their knowledge or consent through the Naviance platform.

August 23, 2023 BrightSpring Health Services faces a class action that alleges the care provider is to blame for a March 2023 data breach believed to have impacted roughly 535K people.

August 23, 2023 Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company faces a class action over a “massive and preventable” cyberattack purportedly detected in May 2023.