Privacy

October 25, 2019 Fred Haas Motors is facing a suit that claims the auto dealer left voicemails on consumers’ cell phones in violation of federal law.

October 24, 2019 Dollar General used automatic dialing technology to send marketing texts to consumers without first obtaining their express written consent, a class action alleges.

October 17, 2019 Hy-Vee faces a class action lawsuit over a data breach that allegedly exposed the credit and debit card information of millions of customers.

October 16, 2019 A proposed class action lawsuit out of Illinois claims Corner Bakery Cafe overstepped state privacy law with its practice of collecting employees’ fingerprints to track their work hours.

October 16, 2019 A class action claims Memorial Hospital at Gulfport failed to implement adequate cybersecurity measures and timely notify patients of a sizeable data breach.

October 15, 2019 Hearing Help Express placed illegal, unsolicited telemarketing calls in an attempt to sell hearing aids, a class action claims.

October 15, 2019 Goldman Sachs, LendingPoint and Upstart Network illegally accessed credit reports of non-accountholders in violation of FCRA regulations, a class action claims.

October 11, 2019 An Illinois fast food restaurant franchisee is alleged to have collected, used, stored and disclosed employees' fingerprints while sidestepping the state's BIPA rules.

October 10, 2019 Kentucky Counseling Center failed to adequately secure patients’ information and alert parties affected by a data breach in a timely fashion, a class action claims.

October 8, 2019 Southern California Telephone Company placed calls to numbers on the national Do-Not-Call list in violation of TCPA and FCC regulations, a class action says.

October 7, 2019 CafePress, Inc. faces a lawsuit after “the world’s largest online gift shop” operator allegedly concealed for months a data breach that affected more than 23 million customers.

October 4, 2019 A class action alleges DoorDash's failure to implement adequate security measures on its food delivery platform led to a data breach that affected more than 4.9 million users.

September 27, 2019 Southwest Airlines Co. has been hit with a proposed class action in which a California man alleges the airline secretly records telephone conversations on its Rapid Rewards customer service line without the caller’s knowledge or consent.

September 24, 2019 A proposed class action lawsuit claims Defenders, Inc. sent “false or misleading” spam emails in violation of the Florida Electronic Mail Communications Act.

September 20, 2019 A class action filed in Texas claims Coca-Cola sent illicit marketing texts without first obtaining express written consent and ignored requests for the messages to stop.

September 17, 2019 According to a proposed class action, eFinancial used an automatic telephone dialing system to send unlawful marketing text messages without first obtaining consent to do so.

September 13, 2019 A proposed class action filed in California accuses Leo Capital Group, LLC of illegally calling consumers without permission and using an auto-dialer to place calls.

September 12, 2019 According to a class action lawsuit, The General Automobile Insurance Services and Spanish Quotes, Inc. partnered up to make illicit telemarketing calls.

September 12, 2019 Wells Fargo, NA is on the receiving end of a proposed class action lawsuit in which 10 South Carolina consumers claim the bank unlawfully disclosed their full or partial Social Security numbers in public-record legal pleadings.

September 11, 2019 Great American Power collaborated with third-party marketing agencies to place illicit telemarketing calls, according to a class action lawsuit.

September 9, 2019 An apparent data breach of Pearson's AIMsweb assessment platform that reportedly compromised the private information of nearly one million college students is at the center of a proposed class action lawsuit out of Illinois federal court.

September 6, 2019 A class action filed in California claims Bank of America made illegal collection calls to customers without obtaining their prior consent.

September 5, 2019 The Home Depot, Inc. has been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit in which four Illinois shoppers claim the home improvement chain’s facial recognition security cameras overstep a state privacy law.

September 4, 2019 Golf equipment retailer Carl's Golfland, Inc. is being hit with a proposed class action over its handling of a recent data breach.

August 29, 2019 A putative class action filed against Amazing Lash Studio Franchise accuses the beauty manufacturer of sending illegal spam texts without receiving prior express written consent.

August 26, 2019 DSW Shoe Warehouse is accused in proposed class action suit of Telephone Consumer Protection Act violations stemming from alleged spam texts.

August 26, 2019 An Illinois woman is behind a class action lawsuit in which she claims PAR Technology, the maker of point-of-sale systems that allow restaurants to track workers’ hours using a fingerprint scanner, violated the state's Biometric Privacy Act.

August 26, 2019 A class action suit accuses StockX of failing to protect customer information and attempting to cover up a recent data breach.

August 22, 2019 A proposed class action claims Equifax and Decisionlinks violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by providing consumer data to unauthorized parties.

August 21, 2019 Vivint Inc. and DSI Distributing are being sued for allegedly unsolicited telemarketing calls.

August 15, 2019 LabCorp is being sued for failing to secure its patients' personal information. The suit stems from a data breach of the American Medical Collection Agency, which LabCorp provided with customers' information.

August 15, 2019 Re/Max Real Pros is facing a suit over Telephone Consumer Privacy Act violations for allegedly calling consumers without obtaining prior consent.

August 14, 2019 A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed in Illinois circuit court by a former DoubleTree by Hilton Chicago housekeeper who claims the hotel violated the state’s biometric privacy law by scanning her fingerprints for timekeeping purposes.

August 13, 2019 Saks Department stores are accused in a recent class action of sending illegal telemarketing texts without first receiving permission.

August 12, 2019 A data breach affecting roughly 200 million Fortnite players' accounts is the subject of a proposed class action lawsuit against developer Epic Games.

August 8, 2019 StockX is facing a proposed class action over a data breach that reportedly occurred in May 2019.

August 8, 2019 A class action claims Whole Foods has overstepped the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act with its collection of employee fingerprints to track work hours.

August 8, 2019 In the wake of a reveal report from the Guardian, Apple faces a proposed class action that alleges its contractors listen to conversations recorded through Siri without consent.

August 7, 2019 Capital One and Amazon Web Services are facing another suit connected to the massive data breach that saw 100 million customers' personal information exposed.

August 5, 2019 A class action filed over the Capital One data breach alleges web services platform GitHub shares some of the blame for failing to catch that consumers' hacked data was post on its website.

August 5, 2019 Another proposed class action lawsuit has been added to the slew of ongoing litigation against Capital One over a recent data breach that reportedly affected over 100 million credit card applicants.

August 1, 2019 Centrelake Medical Group is facing a class action suit over a data breach that affected patients' private medical information. [UPDATE]

July 31, 2019 Not long after Capital One’s data breach announcement, the bank found itself facing the first lawsuits in what could play out to be a tidal wave of potential class action litigation.

July 30, 2019 Capital One faces a proposed class action lawsuit over a March 2019 data breach that affected the sensitive information of more than 100 million card holders.

July 18, 2019 A class action out of Illinois claims Google's retention of voice recordings by users and anyone near a Google Assistant-enabled device violates the state's biometric privacy law.

July 9, 2019 A former Menards employee and shopper claims the retailer secretly records oral communications of those on store premises without consent.

July 2, 2019 A proposed class action lawsuit claims American Medical Response, Inc. illegally records phone conversations it has with consumers without their knowledge or consent.

June 28, 2019 Google and the University of Chicago are embroiled in a potential class action lawsuit over the search giant's collection of a trove of patient medical information from the school's medical center.

June 28, 2019 A class action lawsuit alleges American Medical Collection Agency's parent company Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau knew of a massive data breach affecting 11.9M patients earlier than it let on.

June 27, 2019 A consumer claims payment processing company Square mishandled his private medical invoice and sent it instead to a friend via text message.