Privacy

September 19, 2022 Truly Nolen of America faces a lawsuit after employees’ personal information was reportedly compromised in an April/May 2022 data breach.

September 15, 2022 A class action claims Sony Group Corporation has unlawfully disclosed Crunchyroll.com users’ personal information to Facebook without consent to do so.

September 15, 2022 Five financial institutions have been hit with proposed class action lawsuits over their alleged use of biometric voice recognition software at call centers.

September 14, 2022 A lawsuit alleges Gaia, Inc., formerly Gaiam, has unlawfully disclosed subscribers’ personal information to Facebook without their knowledge or consent.

September 14, 2022 Samsung faces a lawsuit over a data breach during which the personal information of thousands of consumers was reportedly accessed without authorization.

September 14, 2022 A Calif. consumer has filed class actions against BJ’s, Kroger, AIG and Aflac over allegations that the companies have illegally tracked consumers who visit their websites.

September 13, 2022 Healthline Media faces a class action that alleges the website has illegally disclosed consumers’ personally identifiable information to Meta Platforms without consent.

September 13, 2022 Three lawsuits claim Columbia, Warby Parker and Tiffany & Co. have unlawfully tracked consumers’ activities on their respective websites.

September 12, 2022 Behavioral Health Group faces a lawsuit over a December 2021 data breach during which thousands of individuals' personal information was reportedly compromised.

September 12, 2022 GameStop faces a lawsuit that claims the video game retailer secretly “wiretaps” website visitors’ online communications through a chat feature on gamestop.com.

September 9, 2022 A class action alleges mobile analytics firm Kochava has illegally collected and stored California consumers’ precise location data and then sold that information to its clients.

September 8, 2022 Three lawsuits claim Zillow, Lowe’s and Expedia have illegally and secretly tracked consumers’ activities on their respective websites.

September 7, 2022 A class action alleges YouTube has run afoul of an Illinois biometric privacy law by capturing and storing scans of consumers’ faces by way of its “Face Blur” tool.

September 2, 2022 A proposed class action alleges Walmart has unlawfully collected Illinois shoppers’ biometric information through security cameras in its retail stores.

September 2, 2022 A proposed class action alleges Christian Dior, Inc. has unlawfully collected customers’ biometric information through a virtual try-on feature on its website.

September 2, 2022 KeyBank and Overby-Seawell face a lawsuit over a July 2022 data breach during which mortgage borrowers’ personal information was reportedly compromised.

September 1, 2022 A lawsuit claims Kohl’s has violated an Illinois privacy law by collecting, storing and using images of shoppers’ faces without their knowledge or consent.

September 1, 2022 Afni has been hit with a lawsuit over a June 2021 data breach during which the personal information of more than 261,000 individuals was reportedly compromised.

August 31, 2022 A lawsuit claims Nationwide has deployed tracking software on its website to record visitors’ electronic communications without their knowledge or consent.

August 30, 2022 Practice Resources, LLC faces a class action after the medical billing services provider was targeted by cybercriminals during an April 2022 data breach.

August 30, 2022 Nelnet Servicing faces a class action over a 2022 data breach affecting more than 2.5 million people who’ve taken out student loans with OSLA or EdFinancial.

August 30, 2022 A class action alleges A. Duda & Sons Inc. failed to safeguard consumers’ personally identifiable information from a ransomware attack in June and July 2022.

August 30, 2022 Gas South faces a class action over a February 2022 data breach that reportedly exposed customers’ personal information to unauthorized access.

August 29, 2022 Meta and UPMC face claims that a tracking code embedded on UPMC’s appointment scheduling webpage secretly shares users’ health information with Meta.

August 26, 2022 Four retailers face claims that they used in-store surveillance technology to capture and share Illinois shoppers’ biometric data without their consent.

August 26, 2022 Applebee’s and others face a class action that alleges the restaurants’ AI-powered voice ordering systems unlawfully collect, use and store Illinois consumers’ biometric voiceprints.

August 25, 2022 Oracle America faces a class action that aims to take the worldwide data broker to task for allegedly surveilling and selling the personal information of hundreds of millions of people.

August 25, 2022 A lawsuit alleges GameStop has failed to obtain consent from consumers who buy video games on its website before sharing their personal information with Facebook.

August 24, 2022 Block, Inc. (formerly Square) and Cash App Investing face a lawsuit over a December 2021 data breach affecting the private information of 8.2 million people.

August 23, 2022 Twitter faces a class action over its allegedly “surreptitious and undisclosed” use of consumers’ telephone numbers and email addresses for marketing purposes.

August 23, 2022 Vice Media faces a lawsuit over its alleged disclosure of website visitors’ personal information to Meta Platforms (Facebook) without their knowledge or consent.

August 18, 2022 Massage Envy faces a lawsuit that claims the company has “secretly deployed” tracking software on its website to record visitors’ electronic communications.

August 18, 2022 A class action alleges Bloomberg L.P. discloses subscribers’ personal information to Meta Platforms (Facebook) without the individuals’ consent.

August 17, 2022 A class action lawsuit claims Old Navy has secretly recorded and tracked consumers’ online communications through “wiretapping software” on its website.

August 16, 2022 Sixt Rent a Car faces a class action in the wake of a cyberattack that reportedly compromised the sensitive personal information of thousands of current and former employees.

August 16, 2022 A class action alleges Pindrop has violated a California privacy law by recording and analyzing the voices of consumers in the state without obtaining consent.

August 10, 2022 A lawsuit alleges identity verification vendor ID.me violated an Illinois privacy law by failing to maintain a legally compliant biometric data retention policy.

August 10, 2022 Pape-Dawson Engineers faces a class action over a February 2022 data breach during which consumers’ personal information was reportedly compromised.

August 10, 2022 Inline Network Integration has been hit with a class action lawsuit after sending notice to consumers that it was the target of a data breach in March 2022.

August 10, 2022 UCSF Medical Center and Dignity Health Medical Foundation face a class action over their alleged use of a Meta (Facebook) tracking pixel on their respective patient portal websites.

August 4, 2022 OneTouchPoint faces a class action over an April 2022 data breach that allegedly exposed consumer information stored by the printing and mailing services provider.

August 3, 2022 A proposed class action claims that Forbes Media LLC has unlawfully disclosed subscribers’ personal information to Facebook without consent.

August 3, 2022 M.A.C. Cosmetics Inc. has surreptitiously monitored and recorded website visitors’ electronic communications, a proposed class action lawsuit claims.

August 3, 2022 A proposed class action lawsuit alleges The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. has illegally “wiretapped” its website so as to monitor and record user interactions.

August 2, 2022 A class action alleges Fandom, Inc. has violated federal law by disclosing users’ identities and video-viewing preferences to Meta Platforms (Facebook) without proper consent.

July 29, 2022 Masonite Corporation faces a lawsuit over its alleged failure to properly pay employees after a data breach crippled its timekeeping system in December 2021.

July 28, 2022 PracticeMax faces a class action over a 2021 data breach that reportedly compromised the sensitive information of more than 150,000 current and former patients.

July 27, 2022 ACTS Retirement Services faces a lawsuit over a data breach believed to have compromised the personal information of potentially thousands of employees.

July 27, 2022 Michigan Avenue Immediate Care faces two lawsuits after announcing a data breach that reportedly compromised the sensitive information of over 144,000 patients.

July 22, 2022 DialAmerica faces a class action after the sensitive information of current and former employees was reportedly compromised in a months-long data breach last year.