Privacy

August 24, 2018 A California consumer claims Sears Holdings Management Corporation recorded his phone call with a customer service representative without consent.

August 23, 2018 Planet Fitness—Homestead is on the receiving end of a lawsuit that takes issue with an allegedly unlawful promotional text message sent to a former gym member.

August 22, 2018 Clear Rate Communications is the defendant in a lawsuit accusing the phone company of placing unlawful telemarketing calls to consumers without their consent.

August 15, 2018 Citigroup, Inc. is facing a lawsuit claiming it violated the TCPA by placing unwanted calls to the plaintiff in an effort to reach a Citibank customer.

August 14, 2018 An Arizona consumer claims that air conditioning company Emergency Air violated the TCPA by placing unsolicited telemarketing phone calls.

August 14, 2018 A consumer claims The Zack Group - a Kansas-based medical staffing service - sent him a promotional text message without his prior express consent to do so.

August 9, 2018 A Florida consumer claims that Cubamax Travel Inc. – an online travel agency that coordinates trips to Cuba – sent him an unsolicited promotional text message.

August 9, 2018 A lawsuit filed in California federal court alleges that ProOptics sent an unsolicited fax advertisement to an Orange County health care provider.

August 8, 2018 A proposed class action alleges that FCA US LLC sent a telemarketing text message to a Florida consumer without obtaining his prior express consent.

August 7, 2018 ComplyRight is staring down another lawsuit filed after a data breach hit the company's servers between April 20 and May 22, 2018.

August 7, 2018 A proposed class action filed against A+ Student Staffing, Inc. and ETC Institute claims the companies violated the FCRA during their hiring process.

August 7, 2018 A lawsuit alleges that Solstice Benefit Services and Solstice Benefits violated the TCPA by sending faxes without recipients’ “prior express invitation or permission.”

August 3, 2018 Keeler Instruments, Inc. – a company that sells medical equipment – is on the receiving end of a lawsuit that claims the defendant sent unlawful junk faxes.

August 2, 2018 Regional Medical Imaging, P.C. is on the receiving end of a proposed class action alleging violations of the Junk Fax Prevention Act (JFPA).

August 2, 2018 Research Triangle Institute – which does business as RTI International – is facing a proposed class action alleging violations of the TCPA.

August 1, 2018 A proposed class action filed in Florida alleging Junk Fax Prevention Act (JFPA) violations has been filed against Minnesota-based ARP Wave, LLC.

August 1, 2018 Euromarket Designs, Inc., i.e. Crate & Barrel, faces a lawsuit over its 'collection, use, storage, and disclosure' of employees’ sensitive biometric data.

July 27, 2018 Texpo Power, LP is the defendant in a proposed class action accusing the company of violating the TCPA by placing unsolicited telemarketing calls.

July 27, 2018 ComplyRight, Inc. has been hit with a proposed class action that claims the company failed to protect customers' personal information from a cybersecurity attack that reportedly occurred in late-April 2018.

July 26, 2018 A lawsuit filed against Peterson’s Harley Davidson of Miami accuses the company of sending unsolicited marketing text messages.

July 20, 2018 Medisca Inc. is the defendant in a proposed class action alleging the company violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending unsolicited faxes.

July 20, 2018 Colonial Penn Life Insurance is facing a proposed class action accusing the company of unlawfully placing unsolicited phone calls to consumers’ cell phones.

July 19, 2018 MammothMeds.com has been named in a lawsuit alleging that the company violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending junk faxes to consumers.

July 18, 2018 A proposed class action alleging Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) violations has been filed against KY Meds Inc.

July 12, 2018 A proposed class action filed against The DIRECTV Group, Inc. and Viasat, Inc. claims the companies sent unlawful text messages in a joint marketing effort.

July 12, 2018 Schwan’s Home Service, Inc. is facing a proposed class action that claims the company engaged in unlawful telemarketing practices.

July 11, 2018 Consumer Advocacy Center is the defendant in a proposed class action that claims the company “harasses” consumers with telemarketing calls and text messages.

July 10, 2018 Macy's and two subsidiaries face a class action over a June 2018 data breach that the plaintiff claims the companies failed to disclose for almost a month.

July 9, 2018 A proposed class action has been filed against three realty companies over unwanted fax advertisements.

July 3, 2018 PDQ restaurants face a proposed class action lawsuit alleging that the restaurant was negligent in protecting consumer data, leading to a months-long security breach.

June 14, 2018 A proposed class action claims the protected personal information of government employees was stolen in a data breach in early 2015 due to negligence on the part of the United States and several government agencies.

June 13, 2018 The Saks Off 5th parent company faces a lawsuit claiming it should have prevented a March 2018 data breach perpetrated by a notorious hacking group.

June 8, 2018 Hundreds of thousands of Delta customers may have been impacted by a September-October 2017 malware attack only made public in April 2018.

June 7, 2018 A class action claims eDriving 'captures, collects and stores students' voiceprints - biometric data - without authorization under Illinois law.

June 4, 2018 NIU of Florida, Inc. is on the receiving end of a proposed class action that takes issue with the defendant’s alleged practice of recording customers’ phone calls without their knowledge or consent.

May 30, 2018 Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. finds itself as the defendant in a proposed class action out of California wherein the plaintiff claims a conversation he had with a customer service representative in May 2017 was recorded without his express consent.

May 29, 2018 The plaintiff claims Brinker should be held responsible not only for the breach itself, but for failing to disclose the incident to customers in a timely manner.

May 21, 2018 A California man claims Walmart's use of video cameras at self-check-out kiosks violates state law prohibiting companies from requesting certain identifying info.

May 18, 2018 A proposed class action claims Facebook and Cambridge Analytica may have put social media users' information at a heightened risk of identity theft without their knowledge or consent.

May 16, 2018 A proposed class action suit has been filed against Under Armour over a data breach affecting roughly 150 million users of the company's 'MyFitnessPal' app.

May 15, 2018 A proposed class action has been filed against Allconnect, Inc. claiming the multichannel marketplace operator’s negligence resulted in a data breach that exposed employees’ personal information to hackers.

May 14, 2018 24/7, Inc., Best Buy and Delta Airlines face a lawsuit over their roles in a data breach not made public until more than six months after it took place.

May 11, 2018 Aptos, Inc. and Tempur Sealy International, Inc. have been named as defendants in a proposed class action that claims the companies’ negligence put their customers at risk of identity theft.

May 4, 2018 A proposed class action has been filed against Iowa Health System, Inc. (which does business as UnityPoint Health) over claims that the healthcare provider failed to protect patients’ medical information.

May 1, 2018 Facebook, Inc. is facing a proposed class action lawsuit after allegedly failing to prevent or warn users of a data mining scandal in which their information was reportedly stolen and used to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

April 27, 2018 Uber faces a proposed class action lawsuit over allegedly sending consumers unsolicited and unwanted text messages.

April 16, 2018 Yet another proposed class action lawsuit has been filed against Facebook, Inc. and Cambridge Analytica over the companies’ roles in the misuse of user data.

April 11, 2018 Litigation against Facebook and Cambridge Analytica over the later's election-influencing data harvesting shows no sign of slowing down.

April 11, 2018 A lawsuit claims Saks did too little in safeguarding the payment information of Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks OFF 5th and Lord & Taylor customers.

April 6, 2018 Two more plaintiffs seek answers about Facebook, Inc.'s failure to keep a close enough eye on user information and its accessibility to third parties.