Lawsuits Filed Over Video Game Addiction We’re opening this issue with a new investigation centering around video game addiction. Several popular game developers and publishers are facing allegations that they purposely made their games addictive to younger players. More on that below. In data privacy news, your private information may have been shared without consent if you placed a sandwich order via Subway.com or used WesternUnion.com for a money transfer. We’ll round things out with a recently filed case that claims Trader Joe’s Almost Everything bagels aren’t gluten free like the package states, as well as the latest class action settlements that you may be able to claim. Keep reading for the details. - Ty Armstrong, Writer/Community Manager |
| A growing number of lawsuits are alleging that some wildly popular video games were specifically designed to addict younger players. The lawsuits claim that companies like Epic Games, Microsoft and Rockstar Games intentionally implemented addictive features to keep young gamers engaged (and spending money) and are now responsible for the harm alleged by players and their families. The suits have named games like Fortnite, Roblox, Minecraft, Grand Theft Auto 5, Rainbow Six, Battlefield and Call of Duty. So, if you or your child are 18 years of age or younger and became addicted to gaming, find out more about taking legal action. |
Is Subway.com Sharing Your Data? Attorneys working with ClassAction.org suspect Subway may have violated state and federal privacy laws and are now gathering certain online customers to take action. Specifically, they believe Subway.com may be using tracking software that secretly collects information about customers’ interactions with the site, including credit card details they enter during checkout, and then shares the data to third parties without users’ permission. So, if you made a purchase on Subway.com on your desktop computer within the last two years, read up on how you can join others taking action here. |
| New Data Breach Investigations | | | Got a data breach
notice? Don’t throw it out – and check out our full list of ongoing investigations here. You may be able to help get a class action lawsuit started. | |
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| Latest Settlements - App Store, iTunes Gift Card Scams
If you were tricked into buying an App Store or iTunes gift card and provided the redemption code to someone unknown to you at any point between January 2015 and July 2020, you may be covered by this settlement. - Walden University Unwanted Calls
If you received a call from Walden University after requesting the calls to stop, you may be able to claim a piece of this settlement. - Nationwide/Sightcare Data Breach
This settlement covers current and former Nationwide Optometry, Nationwide Vision Center or Sightcare patients, customers, employees, members and covered dependents whose information may have been exposed in a data breach that occurred in 2021. | | |
To view a complete list of settlements and to find out how you can file a claim, click here. |
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| | ~ In Other News ~ | Attorneys working with ClassAction.org suspect that WesternUnion.com may be using tracking software that records users’ interactions with the site and then shares the data with an analytics company. It’s possible that the data could contain Western Union customers’ private personal and financial information, including their bank account and credit card details. The attorneys believe Western Union’s suspected data-sharing practices may violate state and federal privacy laws and are now gathering affected users to take action. WesternUnion.com users can read up on the investigation here. |
| A recently filed class action is claiming that Trader Joe’s supposedly gluten-free Almost Everything Bagels are misleadingly advertised in that they contain high levels of gluten. In fact, the lawsuit says, scientific testing has found that the bagels contain 13 times the governmental limit for gluten-free foods and nearly 27 times the Gluten-Free Certification Organization’s limit. The suit argues that “gluten free” statements are important to shoppers deciding whether to buy a certain food. Want more? You can read up on the allegations here. |
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