Privacy

January 8, 2020 Wawa has been hit with a number of proposed class action lawsuits over a 2019 data breaching affecting the company's roughly 850 locations.

January 7, 2020 A class action case has been filed over a 2019 ransomware attack that compromised the personal data of more than 32,000 DCH Health System patients.

December 23, 2019 A class action alleges Wawa could have done more to properly safeguard customers' payment card details during a months-long 2019 data breach.

December 19, 2019 A proposed class action claims Verizon illegally conducted consumer credit inquiries without permission and on people who never inquired about opening accounts.

December 16, 2019 A class action claims ConnectAmerica.com, also known as Medical Alert, illegally called consumers on the Do-Not-Call Registry without consent.

December 13, 2019 A class action claims Nextdoor.com illegally sent autodialed marketing texts without first obtaining consent from recipients.

December 13, 2019 A class action claims an Illinois Wingstop operator violated state law by improperly collecting workers’ biometric information.

December 12, 2019 A class action claims Inmediata Health Group Corp. failed to adequately protect the sensitive information of over 1.5 million consumers from a "large data security incident."

December 10, 2019 A class action claims Office Depot illegally sent unsolicited texts to consumers and ignored explicit requests to stop.

December 6, 2019 A proposed class action claims Kevin Jackson and The Black Sphere sent to Philadelphia residents thousands of unlawful text messages purportedly focused on criminal justice reform.

December 6, 2019 A class action claims National University Systems and two of its affiliated schools partnered with third-party lead generation companies to place illegal telemarketing calls to potential students.

December 4, 2019 A class action claims New Jersey’s Momentum Solar used an autodialer to place illegal telemarketing calls to consumers without consent.

December 4, 2019 Solara Medical Supplies faces a class action stemming from a data breach that affected the company's computer systems from April 2 to June 20, 2019.

November 27, 2019 A proposed collective action claims nursing female police officers in Philadelphia are not provided with reasonable breaks and a private, sanitary place in which they can express breast milk for their nursing children.

November 26, 2019 A proposed class action claims Second Choice Horizon and Barclays placed illicit telemarketing calls advertising Barclays credit cards.

November 25, 2019 CenturyLink and database operator MongoDB face a class action after a data breach exposed the personal information of more than 2.8 million accountholders.

November 20, 2019 Hollywood Casino in Joliet, Illinois has been named in a proposed class action lawsuit in which a woman claims the casino unlawfully collected scans of rewards program members’ facial features without proper authorization.

November 19, 2019 A proposed class action claims Robinhood Markets, Inc. and its subsidiary “initiated and assisted” in the transmission of unsolicited spam texts through a “refer-a-friend” program.

November 19, 2019 A class action claims Amazon Web Services stored biometric data captured by third parties without adhering to Illinois’ BIPA regulations.

November 14, 2019 Experian is facing a proposed class action lawsuit that claims it has failed to disclose to consumers the full extent of the information it collects and disseminates to third parties.

November 14, 2019 A proposed class action claims Quicken Loans sent marketing texts to consumers without permission and ignored requests to stop.

November 12, 2019 A class action claims 7-Eleven unlawfully sent unsolicited telemarketing messages to persuade consumers to sign up for promotional texts.

November 7, 2019 A class action claims National Health Plans & Benefits Agency sent auto-generated telemarketing texts without first obtaining permission to do so.

November 7, 2019 A class action claims an Illinois casino obtained scans of customers’ faces without their knowledge or permission, in violation of a state privacy law.

November 6, 2019 Pearson is facing a class action that claims the company failed to take adequate steps to prevent, detect and respond to a breach of its AIMSweb online student progress monitoring system.

November 5, 2019 A class action claims Venus Fashion sent illicit marketing texts to numbers on the Do-Not-Call Registry and used an auto-dialer to send texts without consent.

October 31, 2019 Re/Max faces a class action that claims it encouraged and trained agents to cold call sellers of expired property listings without the recipients’ consent.

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.