Waste Management Employee Info Exposed in Data Breach, Class Action Says
June 23, 2021 Waste Management and USA Waste-Management Resources face a class action over their apparent failure to protect sensitive employee information.
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Insurance Technologies, Zywave Hit with Class Action Over February 2021 AgencyMatrix Data Breach [UPDATE]
June 22, 2021 ITC and Zywave face a class action over a late-February 2021 data breach that reportedly compromised the personal information of thousands of consumers.
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Junk Mail: Outdoor Sportsman Group Sold Magazine Subscribers’ Info Without Consent, Class Action Claims [UPDATE]
June 18, 2021 A class action alleges Outdoor Sportsman Group has rented, exchanged or disclosed the info of Guns & Ammo, RifleShooter and Handguns magazine subscribers to third parties without consent.
Lawsuit Claims Swiss Automation Violated Ill. Privacy Law by Scanning Workers’ Fingerprints
June 18, 2021 A lawsuit claims Swiss Automation collected, used and stored workers’ biometric information without first providing proper disclosures or obtaining consent to do so.
Class Action Claims UBS Background Check Disclosure Form Violated Federal Law
June 16, 2021 UBS obtained consumer reports on prospective employees without first providing a compliant disclosure form stating its intent to do so, a lawsuit alleges.
Puma North America Facing Privacy Class Action Over Ill. Retail Employee Fingerprint Scans
June 16, 2021 Puma North America faces a class action that claims the footwear/apparel co. has unlawfully collected, used and stored the biometric data of Illinois retail employees.
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Over February 2021 CaptureRx Data Breach [UPDATE]
June 7, 2021 The failure of CaptureRx and Midtown Health Center to safeguard patients’ private information is to blame for a February 2021 data breach, a class action says.
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IT Solutions Co. Netgain Technology Failed to Secure Systems from Cybercriminals, Class Action Alleges [UPDATE]
June 4, 2021 A class action alleges Netgain Technology’s failure to safeguard the confidential, personally identifiable information of hundreds of thousands is to blame for a late-Sept. 2020 data breach.
Penn. Fertility Center Sincera Reproductive Medicine Hit with Class Action Over August 2020 Data Breach
June 3, 2021 A lawsuit claims inadequate security protocols on the part of Sincera Reproductive Medicine led to a data breach that left patients at risk of identity theft and fraud.
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College Students Claim Herff Jones’ Negligence Caused Massive Data Breach Resulting in Fraudulent Charges [UPDATE]
June 2, 2021 Herff Jones has been hit with a class action over a recent data breach alleged to have caused students to incur fraudulent charges on their bank accounts.
Class Action Claims McDonald’s Collected Ill. Drive-Through Customers’ Voiceprints Without Consent
June 1, 2021 A lawsuit claims McDonald’s violated an Illinois privacy law by collecting customers’ voiceprints without first providing proper disclosures or obtaining consent.
Class Action Claims Pie Five Pizza’s Biometric Timekeeping System Violates Illinois Privacy Law
June 1, 2021 Pie Five Restaurants faces a lawsuit over its apparent policy of scanning workers’ fingerprints without first providing statutory disclosures or obtaining consent.
Class Action Aims to Find Out What Happened in Humana Data Breach, Blames Incident on Vendor
May 28, 2021 A class action alleges Humana and Visionary Medical Systems, a subcontractor of Cotiviti Holdings, were negligent in their handling of sensitive medical information.
Caliber Home Loans Unlawfully Shares Debt-Related Information with Third-Party Vendors, Class Action Alleges
May 28, 2021 A lawsuit claims Caliber Home Loans violated a federal debt collection law by disclosing consumers’ private, debt-related information to unauthorized third parties.
Applus Technologies Hit with Class Action Over Data Breach of State Vehicle Inspections, Emissions Testing Systems
May 27, 2021 The company responsible for managing inspections and emissions testing for the Connecticut DMV faces a class action in the wake of a late-March 2021 data breach.
Oberweis Dairy Hit with Privacy Class Action Over Employee Fingerprint Scans
May 27, 2021 A lawsuit claims Oberweis Dairy required employees to scan their fingerprints without first providing proper disclosures or securing their consent to do so.
Class Action Claims Oldcastle Services Scanned Employees’ Fingerprints in Violation of Privacy Law
May 25, 2021 A lawsuit claims Oldcastle Services unlawfully collected workers’ fingerprints without first providing statutory disclosures and obtaining consent to do so.
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Class Action Alleges i360, GC Strategies Illegally Profited from Calif. Voters’ Personal Information [UPDATE]
May 24, 2021 A class action alleges i360, LLC and GC Strategies, LLC have engaged in a pattern and practice of profiting from the sale and distribution of California voters’ personal information in violation of state law.
Class Action Claims Athleta Intercepted Florida Website Visitors’ Electronic Communications
May 21, 2021 A proposed class action claims Athleta LLC has surreptitiously intercepted Florida residents’ interactions with its website, www.athleta.gap.com.
‘Constantly Listening’: Class Action Claims Amazon’s Alexa Makes ‘Secret Recordings’ of Users’ Conversations
May 21, 2021 A lawsuit claims Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant secretly makes and stores recordings of conversations even when consumers do not intend to activate the device.
Amazon Hit with Class Action Over Alleged Use of Ill. Residents’ Facial Scans to Improve, Market Rekognition Tech
May 18, 2021 Amazon faces a class action in Ill. over its allegedly secret use of state residents’ facial scans to improve Rekognition, image-recognition technology that the world’s largest online retailer markets and sells to third parties.
Microsoft Violated Ill. Privacy Law by Collecting Uber Drivers’ Facial Scans, Class Action Alleges
May 18, 2021 A lawsuit claims Uber drivers are required to verify their identities through Microsoft’s facial recognition technology without consenting to the collection of their biometric information.
Med-Data Hit with Class Action Over Data Breach Disclosed in Late March 2021
May 13, 2021 Med-Data, Inc. faces a proposed class action over a data breach that reportedly compromised the sensitive personal information of its clients’ patients.
American Armed Forces Mutual Aid Association Data Breach Affected ‘Tens of Thousands’ of Veterans, Class Action Claims
May 11, 2021 The American Armed Forces Mutual Aid Association faces a class action in the wake of a large-scale data breach that reportedly affected tens of thousands of United States Military veterans.
Buy Buy Baby Accused of ‘Wiretapping’ Florida Website Users
May 11, 2021 A lawsuit claims Buy Buy Baby overstepped a Florida law by “wiretapping” the electronic communications of those in the state who visit its website, buybuybaby.com.
Healthgrades Operating Company Hit with Class Action Over October 2020 Data Breach
May 7, 2021 A lawsuit has been filed against Healthgrades over a data breach that reportedly compromised the private information of thousands of its clients’ patients.
Penn. Dept. of Health, Insight Global Hit with Class Action Over Data Breach Linked to COVID-19 Contact Tracing
May 6, 2021 Pennsylvania’s Dept. of Health and Insight Global face a class action over a recent cyberattack and data breach affecting the state's COVID-19 contact tracing program.
ADT Misrepresented When In-Home Security Cameras Would Record, Class Action Alleges
May 5, 2021 A class action alleges ADT has misrepresented to consumers when, exactly, its in-home security cameras would record.
1-800 Contacts Hit with Class Action Over Alleged ‘Wiretapping’ of Florida Website Visitors
May 5, 2021 A lawsuit alleges 1-800 Contacts “wiretapp[ed]” the electronic communications of website visitors in Florida without their knowledge or consent.
Neiman Marcus Accused of ‘Wiretapping’ Florida Website Visitors’ Electronic Communications
May 5, 2021 Neiman Marcus has violated Florida law by “wiretapping” state residents’ electronic communications through the company’s websites, a class action alleges.
Class Action Accuses ExamSoft of Illinois Privacy Law Violations for Law School, Med School, Bar Exam-Takers
April 30, 2021 A class action looks to represent certain Illinois law and med school students and state bar exam-takers who’ve used ExamSoft Worldwide’s online proctoring software.
Class Action Alleges Google Contact Tracing Tool 'Security Flaw' Allows for Exposure of Android Users’ Info
April 29, 2021 Google faces a class action centered on an alleged "security flaw" with the COVID-19 exposure notification system it helped develop.
Class Action Filed Over December 2020 AmeriFirst Data Breach
April 28, 2021 AmeriFirst Financial faces a lawsuit over a December 2020 data breach that reportedly compromised the personal information of more than 100,000 customers.
Einstein Healthcare Network Hit with Class Action Over August 2020 Data Breach
April 28, 2021 Einstein Healthcare Network faces a proposed class action lawsuit over an August 2020 data breach that reportedly affected upward of 353,000 individuals.
CentralSquare Hit with Class Action Over 2017-2018 Click2Gov Data Breach
April 23, 2021 CentralSquare faces a lawsuit centered on an apparent “wave of data breaches” in 2017 and 2018 that reportedly affected approximately 300,000 individuals.
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Over 2021 Geico Data Breach
April 22, 2021 Geico and parent co. Berkshire Hathaway face a class action in the wake of a data breach that reportedly took place from November 24, 2020 to March 1, 2021.
Kroger Co. Hit with Class Action Claiming Employee Info Compromised in Accellion Data Breach
April 22, 2021 A proposed class action aims to hold The Kroger Co. accountable for alleged damages stemming from the “large and preventable” Accellion data breach.
Class Action Claims Americold Logistics Violated Ill. Privacy Law by Collecting Worker Fingerprint Scans
April 22, 2021 A lawsuit claims Americold Logistics collected scans of workers’ fingerprints for timekeeping purposes without providing proper disclosures and obtaining consent.
Bank of America Hit with Class Action Over ‘Lackadaisical’ Approach to Securing Unemployment Benefits for Californians
April 21, 2021 Bank of America faces another class action that claims the financial institution has lacked urgency in securing unemployment benefits for Californians amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Signature Systems Hit with Biometric Information Privacy Class Action in Illinois
April 15, 2021 A lawsuit claims Signature Systems unlawfully collected and stored the fingerprints of its clients’ employees without proper disclosures or consent.
Class Action Claims RocketReach Unlawfully Uses Ill. Residents’ Information in Ads for Subscriptions
April 14, 2021 A lawsuit claims RocketReach unlawfully used residents’ identities to sell subscriptions to its paid database service without first securing consent to do so.
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Ledger, Shopify Hit with Class Action Over ‘Massive’ 2020 Data Breach [UPDATE]
April 14, 2021 Ledger and Shopify have been hit with a proposed class action over a mid-2020 data breach that allegedly exposed Ledger customers as targets for hackers.
Saratoga Food Specialties Hit with Privacy Class Action Over Illinois Employee Fingerprint Scans
April 12, 2021 A lawsuit claims Smithfield Packaged Meats unlawfully scanned workers’ fingerprints without first providing proper disclosures and obtaining consent to do so.
Google Breaks User Privacy Promises ‘Billions of Times Every Day’ Through Real-Time Ad Auctions, Class Action Says
April 9, 2021 A class action alleges Google breaks its promises to never sell users’ personal information to third parties and to allow individuals to decide how their information is used “billions of times every day."
Infinity Insurance, Parent Co. Hit with Class Action Over Reported December 2020 Data Breach [UPDATE]
April 9, 2021 Infinity Insurance Company and parent Kemper Corporation have been named in a proposed class action over a reported late-December 2020 data breach.
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Dickey’s BBQ Restaurants Data Breach: Class Action Alleges Victims at Risk of Fraud, Identity Theft [UPDATE]
April 6, 2021 A class action alleges Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants failed to exercise reasonable care in safeguarding customers’ personal information in light of a months-long data breach.
Respondus Hit with Privacy Class Action Over Collection of Illinois Test Takers’ Facial Features, Voices
April 6, 2021 Months after updating its terms of use, Respondus faces a class action that alleges the company’s online exam proctoring software formerly did not comply with an Illinois privacy law.
Lawsuit Claims CenturyLink Website Visitors in Florida Tracked Without Consent
April 2, 2021 A lawsuit claims Lumen Technologies unlawfully intercepted the electronic communications of Florida consumers who’ve visited centurylink.com.
Hematogenix Laboratory Services Hit with Privacy Class Action Over Employee Fingerprint Scans
March 31, 2021 A lawsuit alleges Hematogenix scanned workers’ fingerprints for timekeeping purposes without first securing consent to do so or making mandatory disclosures.
National Western Hit with Class Action Over August 2020 Data Breach
March 30, 2021 National Western faces a proposed class action over an August 2020 data breach that reportedly affected thousands of customers.