Privacy

December 9, 2022 A class action claims Upper Peninsula Power Company is responsible for a June 2022 data breach because it failed to adequately safeguard customers’ private information.

December 8, 2022 Class action claims Avis Budget Group websites “intentionally intercepted” online visitors’ electronic communications by using “session replay” spyware.

December 8, 2022 Apple faces a proposed class action that alleges the company’s AirTags have “revolutionized the scope, breadth, and ease of location-based stalking.”

December 8, 2022 A class action claims Meta Platforms has collected the financial information of consumers who use major online tax-filing services, including H&R Block, TaxAct and TaxSlayer.

December 6, 2022 LastPass US LP and GoTo Technologies USA face a class action that claims the companies’ inadequate cybersecurity practices resulted in a data breach in August 2022.

December 6, 2022 A class action claims the failure of Receivables Performance Management to properly secure the private information of 3.7 million customers is to blame for a 2021 data breach.

December 6, 2022 A proposed class action claims Tinder’s photo verification features illegally collect and store Illinois consumers’ biometric facial data without consent.

December 2, 2022 A class action claims Oakwood University’s failure to adequately safeguard certain personal and financial information resulted in a data breach earlier this year.

December 2, 2022 A class action claims Prudential Financial Inc. uses software to secretly record website visitors’ electronic communications as they submit personal and health information.

December 1, 2022 TransUnion faces a class action less than a month after disclosing that millions of customers’ files were accessed without authorization during a 2022 data breach.

November 29, 2022 Chegg faces a class action roughly a month after the FTC accused the company of “numerous cybersecurity lapses” that allegedly caused four data breaches between 2017 and 2020.

November 28, 2022 A class action claims H&K Perforating failed to prevent a March 2022 ransomware attack that compromised the personal and health information of current and former employees.

November 23, 2022 A class action alleges Hallmark Cards has illegally disclosed website visitors’ identities and video-viewing habits to Facebook without consent.

November 22, 2022 A class action alleges the “Virtual Try-on” feature on Pandora Jewelry’s website illegally collects, stores and uses Illinois consumers’ facial biometric data without consent.

November 18, 2022 A class action alleges Lightricks’ Facetune Editor photo-editing app illegally collects, stores and uses consumers’ biometric data without consent.

November 18, 2022 A class action alleges Apple records consumers’ app activity even after they have disabled tracking tools in their iPhone or iPad privacy settings.

November 18, 2022 A class action alleges Dhaliwal Labs North has illegally collected and disclosed employees’ fingerprints without consent at its Bedford Park, Illinois, manufacturing plant.

November 17, 2022 Choice Health Insurance faces a class action over its alleged failure to properly safeguard consumers’ sensitive information from a “foreseeable” May 2022 data breach.

November 17, 2022 The Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health faces a class action after allegedly installing a contact-tracing app on more than one million Android users’ smartphones without their knowledge or consent.

November 15, 2022 A class action alleges Intuit has secretly disclosed the identities and video-viewing habits of TurboTax and QuickBooks subscribers to Facebook without consent.

November 15, 2022 A class action claims that Medical Associates of the Lehigh Valley failed to adequately safeguard patients' personal and health information, resulting in a data breach.

November 14, 2022 A class action alleges Blackhawk Network is at fault for a “foreseeable” data breach that hit MyPrepaidCenter.com in September 2022, affecting thousands of consumers.

November 11, 2022 A class action alleges U.S. Vision, Inc. and USV Optical, Inc. are responsible for a 2021 data breach that compromised the customers’ health and personally identifiable information.

November 11, 2022 A proposed class action alleges Gannett has unlawfully disclosed certain personal information about its subscribers to Facebook without consent or adequate disclosure.

November 11, 2022 Keystone Health has been hit with a class action that claims it failed to prevent a data breach that compromised its patients’ personal and health information.

November 10, 2022 A class action alleges the U.S. Dept. of Education has enabled fraudsters to steal hundreds of millions of dollars and saddle innocent consumers with fraudulent student loan debt.

November 8, 2022 Community Loan Servicing faces a class action that alleges a data breach last year was caused by the company’s failure to implement reasonable cybersecurity procedures.

November 7, 2022 A proposed class action claims Fashion Nova has illegally sent automated promotional text messages to consumers without consent.

November 7, 2022 A class action alleges Weight Watchers has secretly disclosed WeightWatchers.com visitors’ identities and video-viewing histories to Facebook without consent.

November 3, 2022 A class action alleges OakBend Medical Center maintained sensitive information in “a reckless manner” prior to a ransomware attack in September 2022.

November 3, 2022 Empress Emergency Medical Services faces a lawsuit after a July 2022 data breach reportedly compromised the personal information of more than 300,000 consumers.

November 3, 2022 A class action claims that Marriott Vacations Worldwide has illegally placed unauthorized telemarketing calls, even after consumers have requested that the company stop contacting them.

November 3, 2022 A class action claims that Angi has unlawfully sent telemarketing text messages to consumers' cell phones without obtaining consent, and even after being asked to stop.

November 1, 2022 The Savannah College of Art and Design faces a proposed class action in the wake of a “widespread” 2022 data breach.

November 1, 2022 A class action alleges the websites for each NFL team have unlawfully shared the personal identifying information of newsletter subscribers with Facebook without consent.

November 1, 2022 A class action claims that Vanguard Marketing Corporation has failed to obtain consent before using voice recognition software to capture and examine callers’ voice prints.

October 31, 2022 WakeMed has unlawfully disclosed to Meta certain health and personal information entered by consumers into its website and patient portal, a lawsuit alleges.

October 31, 2022 A class action alleges MeTV has failed to obtain digital subscribers’ consent before sharing their personal information with Meta Platforms.

October 31, 2022 Perez Hilton faces claims that its website visitors’ personal information and video-viewing habits have been shared with Facebook without their consent.

October 31, 2022 A class action claims T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services has failed to obtain callers’ consent before using voice recognition software to capture their biometric voice prints.

October 28, 2022 A class action claims that Trans Union has violated a California privacy law by recording and examining callers' voice prints without proper authorization.

October 27, 2022 A class action alleges Keystone Health failed to prevent a 2022 data breach that compromised the personal and health information of 235,237 individuals.

October 26, 2022 Major League Baseball’s media arm faces a class action that alleges it has illegally disclosed certain personal information of MLB.com subscribers to Meta Platforms (Facebook).

October 25, 2022 Two lawsuits claim Lovisa and Sephora have unlawfully recorded and shared the communications of consumers who use the chat feature on their websites.

October 25, 2022 A lawsuit alleges Mission Care has unlawfully required workers to scan their fingerprints without first providing requisite disclosures and obtaining consent.

October 25, 2022 A class action alleges Nationwide Retirement Solutions failed to prevent a data breach that compromised the personal information of 1,600 customers.

October 24, 2022 US Radiology faces a class action over a data breach during which patients’ sensitive personal and medical information was reportedly compromised.

October 19, 2022 A proposed class action alleges Bloomingdale's has secretly “wiretapped” the online communications of "millions of individuals perusing" its website.

October 18, 2022 A class action claims that NorthStar Healthcare Consulting failed to prevent a data breach in 2022, compromising the sensitive data of 18,354 customers.

October 17, 2022 A lawsuit claims a tracking code embedded in Northwestern Memorial’s patient portal unlawfully shares consumers’ sensitive medical information with Meta Platforms.