Privacy

February 6, 2023 Apple faces a class action lawsuit that alleges the tech giant misleads consumers into believing that their personal data is not being tracked.

February 6, 2023 Class actions against iHeartMedia, Inc. and DotDash Meredith, Inc. allege that the respective owners of iHeart.com and People.com secretly share digital subscribers’ personal info with Meta Platforms (Facebook) without consent.

February 3, 2023 A class action alleges GoodRx has secretly shared consumer medical information with Google, Meta, Criteo and other major social media and advertising companies.

February 3, 2023 Timeco Systems, Inc. faces a class action lawsuit that claims the company has unlawfully captured and stored the biometric data of its clients’ employees without consent.

February 2, 2023 Knox College faces a class action over a November 2022 data breach that exposed the personal information of approximately 63,100 current and former students and faculty members.

February 2, 2023 FocusIT faces a class action over its alleged failure to prevent a two-month data breach in 2022 that compromised the personal information of 147,799 individuals.

February 2, 2023 A class action alleges Ford Motor Company unlawfully asks applicants and employees to provide their family medical histories and then uses this information to make employment decisions.

January 31, 2023 A class action claims the cybersecurity failures of Tinker Federal Credit Union and a yet-unknown merchant payment processor were responsible for a data breach around August 2022.

January 31, 2023 Carhartt faces a class action that claims the apparel company tracked, recorded, and stored without consent the online communications of website visitors.

January 31, 2023 Bay Bridge Administrators, LLC (BBA) faces a class action lawsuit that claims a data breach reportedly discovered in September 2022 was a direct result of the company’s allegedly deficient cybersecurity system.

January 30, 2023 A class action alleges United Airlines boarding kiosks at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport unlawfully scan, capture and store the facial geometry of Illinois consumers.

January 30, 2023 Acuity Brands, Inc. faces a class action over its alleged failure to prevent a December 2021 data breach that exposed personal information belonging to approximately 37,000 current and former employees.

January 30, 2023 Charlotte Tilbury Beauty, Inc. and Islestarr Holdings Ltd. face a class action lawsuit that alleges they have captured without consent Illinois consumers’ biometric facial scans through a “virtual try-on” tool on CharlotteTilbury.com.

January 27, 2023 Chick-Fil-A faces a class action that alleges the restaurant secretly shares with Facebook certain details about the videos consumers watch on Chick-Fil-A.com.

January 27, 2023 A class action claims Amazon Web Services has unlawfully collected and shared biometric data captured by the Turing Shield, a kiosk used to screen workers for COVID-19 protocol compliance.

January 26, 2023 A class action claims the “virtual try-on” feature on AS Beauty Group’s website secretly collects and stores Illinois consumers’ biometric facial scans.

January 26, 2023 A class action lawsuit accuses Coastal Cardiology P.C. of failing to properly protect the personal information of 71,227 patients from a “foreseeable” cyberattack reportedly discovered in mid-August 2022.

January 26, 2023 NFL Enterprises LLC faces a proposed class action over its alleged practice of sending automated text messages to consumers without permission.

January 26, 2023 A class action alleges Maternal and Family Health Services is responsible for a data breach that compromised the personal information of more than 461,000 current and former clients.

January 25, 2023 A class action alleges Mosaic Health System and Mosaic Life Care secretly disclose to third parties the private health information of patients who visit MYMLC.com.

January 25, 2023 Twenty-one asylum seekers allege federal officials illegally published the private data of thousands in ICE custody on the agency’s public-facing website.

January 25, 2023 A class action alleges T-Mobile failed to exercise “reasonable care” in safeguarding the private information of millions of consumers from a data breach announced around January 20, 2023.

January 25, 2023 Wenco Management, LLC, a franchisee of the Wendy’s fast-food chain, faces a class action over a “highly foreseeable” data breach in late August 2022 that reportedly exposed thousands of employees’ personal information.

January 24, 2023 J.G. Wentworth faces a class action wherein a Florida consumer claims to have received at least one robocall from the financing company, even though his number is included in the National Do Not Call Registry.

January 23, 2023 A class action claims UMass Memorial Health Care has violated the medical privacy rights of patients by disclosing their data without consent to third parties through UMMHealth.org.

January 23, 2023 A class action alleges Apple continues to record consumers’ app activity after they have disabled tracking tools in their device privacy settings.

January 23, 2023 A class action alleges Times Publishing Company, owner of TampaBay.com, secretly transmits digital subscribers’ personal data to Meta Platforms (Facebook) without consent.

January 23, 2023 A Florida resident faces off against Chipotle Mexican Grill in a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges the restaurant chain has sent automated texts to consumers without consent.

January 23, 2023 A class action claims Henkel has unlawfully collected without consent the biometric facial scans of visitors to Schwarzkopf’s websites through a “virtual try-on” feature.

January 19, 2023 Crunch Gym, LLC faces a proposed class action lawsuit filed by a Florida resident who claims to have received automated text messages from the company without consent.

January 19, 2023 A proposed class action lawsuit accuses BetMGM of failing to adequately protect consumers’ personal data from a cyberattack in May 2022.

January 18, 2023 A class action alleges family tracking app Life360 secretly sells data about users’ locations and movements to third parties.

January 18, 2023 A class action alleges Hanesbrands, Inc. failed to prevent a 2022 data breach that exposed personal information belonging to thousands of current and former employees.

January 18, 2023 A class action lawsuit accuses CommonSpirit Health of failing to protect patients’ personal information from a data breach that occurred between September and October 2022.

January 17, 2023 Snap Finance LLC and Snap RTO LLC face a class action over their alleged failure to prevent a data breach that exposed consumers’ personal information between June 23 and September 8 of last year.

January 17, 2023 Samsung faces a class action lawsuit that claims the electronics company failed to protect consumers’ personal information from a cyberattack in early August 2022.

January 17, 2023 A class action claims Five Guys failed to prevent a 2022 data breach that exposed personal information belonging to thousands of job applicants and current and former employees.

January 16, 2023 Twitter faces a class action that alleges an API "defect" allowed hackers to “scrape” the personal data of hundreds of millions of users.

January 13, 2023 A Florida consumer has filed a class action that alleges Sonic Drive-In unlawfully sent him automated promotional text messages without his consent.

January 13, 2023 A class action lawsuit accuses Steel River Systems, LLC of failing to protect consumers’ information from a “massive” data breach between May and July 2022.

January 12, 2023 A class action claims 3Commas Technologies OÜ is responsible for a data breach that led to nearly $22 million in cryptocurrency being stolen from users.

January 12, 2023 Ethos Technologies faces a class action lawsuit over a “widespread” data breach that reportedly exposed customers’ names and Social Security numbers.

January 12, 2023 A class action lawsuit has been filed against United HealthCare Services, Inc. by a Florida resident who claims to have received numerous automated text messages from the company without his consent.

January 12, 2023 A class action lawsuit has been filed against Healthy Access by a consumer who claims to have received unsolicited telemarking calls from the company despite his phone number being listed on the National Do Not Call Registry.

January 12, 2023 A class action claims that Sharp Healthcare, the foremost healthcare provider in San Diego and operator of Sharp.com, secretly transmits website visitors’ personal data to Facebook without consent.

January 12, 2023 A class action lawsuit accuses Hope College, a private liberal arts school in Michigan, of failing to protect students’ and employees’ personal data from a cyberattack in September 2022.

January 12, 2023 A class action lawsuit accuses Retreat at Lancaster County and Retreat Behavioral Health LLC of failing to protect patients’ personal information from a data breach in July 2022.

January 11, 2023 A class action has been filed against Connexin Software (doing business as Office Practicum) over a data breach that reportedly affected over 2 million patients.

January 11, 2023 A class action claims the company behind Neopets has failed to safeguard players’ sensitive personal information from a data breach that lasted over a year.

January 11, 2023 49ers Enterprises, LLC, which operates NFL team the San Francisco 49ers, failed to prevent a data breach in February 2022 that affected roughly 20,000 individuals, a class action claims.