Privacy

May 2, 2024 Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker faces a class action lawsuit that alleges the firm failed to protect the personal information of approx. 1.1 million people from a data breach.

May 2, 2024 HALO Branded Solutions faces a class action lawsuit over a 2023 cyberattack that compromised the personal data of current and former employees.

May 1, 2024 A class action accuses Kootenai Health of failing to protect patients’ personal and medical information during a data breach reported in April 2024.

April 30, 2024 A class action lawsuit claims the companies behind the app edX have illegally shared users’ personal data with multiple third parties without consent.

April 30, 2024 A class action accuses Banner Health of illegally sharing website visitors’ data with third parties, including Facebook and Google, without consent.

April 26, 2024 A class action alleges that lax cybersecurity practices on the part of GMA resulted in a data breach discovered by the consulting firm in May 2023.

April 25, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Banner Life Insurance Company has violated an Illinois privacy law by requesting genetic information in the form of family medical histories.

April 25, 2024 CNN faces a class action lawsuit that alleges CNN.com is equipped with several web trackers that secretly collect Calif. visitors’ IP addresses.

April 25, 2024 A proposed class action alleges Amazon.com Services has illegally collected, stored and shared Illinois employees’ facial scans without consent.

April 24, 2024 Solar Xchange and its CEO face a lawsuit filed by a consumer who claims to have received numerous unsolicited telemarketing calls from the company.

April 24, 2024 A class action accuses Kia of secretly collecting and selling to third parties consumers’ driving behavior data without their knowledge or consent.

April 23, 2024 On Q Financial, an Arizona-based mortgage company, has been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit over a data breach announced in March 2024.

April 22, 2024 Ace Hardware faces a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges the retailer had no effective means to stop an October 2023 data breach.

April 18, 2024 City of Hope has been hit with a class action over a 2023 cyberattack that compromised the private data of approximately 827,000 patients.

April 18, 2024 A class action accuses R3 Education of failing to protect consumers’ data during a “massive and preventable” cyberattack discovered in November 2023.

April 17, 2024 General Motors faces a class action lawsuit that alleges the keyless entry key fob for certain 2010-present models is easily hackable.

April 16, 2024 R1 RCM, Inc. faces a class action over a 2023 cyberattack that compromised the personal data of Dignity Health patients in Henderson, Nevada.

April 15, 2024 A class action alleges Home Depot has embedded tracking technology into marketing emails to collect recipients’ private data without their knowledge.

April 15, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Ernest Health lost control over thousands of current and former patients’ sensitive info during an early-2024 data breach.

April 12, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Buzzfeed has violated a Calif. privacy law by utilizing at least three different web trackers to collect visitors’ IP addresses.

April 11, 2024 SouthState Bank has been hit with a class action over a February 2024 data breach that exposed the personal information of current and former customers.

April 11, 2024 GardaWorld Cash faces a proposed class action over a 2023 cyberattack that compromised the private data of more than 39,000 individuals.

April 10, 2024 A class action claims Xenial and Global Payments Inc. have unlawfully collected, stored and shared employee fingerprint scans without consent.

April 9, 2024 A lawsuit alleges LexisNexis Risk Data Management has illegally retaliated against public servants and their family members who submitted Daniel's Law info-removal requests.

April 9, 2024 A class action accuses M&D Capital Premier Billing and an affiliate of failing to protect consumers’ data during a cyberattack announced in March 2024.

April 8, 2024 Atlanta Women’s Health Group, P.C., faces a proposed class action lawsuit over an allegedly foreseeable April 2023 data breach.

April 5, 2024 Crossroads Equipment Lease & Finance has been hit with a class action over a targeted cyberattack that reportedly occurred in early April 2023.

April 4, 2024 A Texas consumer claims in a class action that Kohl’s has unlawfully placed “incessant” debt collection robocalls to her cell phone without consent.

April 3, 2024 A class action alleges Mattress Firm uses a third-party service to “eavesdrop upon and record” the conversations of those who call its customer service line.

April 3, 2024 Horne, LLP faces a class action over a December 2021 data breach that compromised the personal information of approximately 170,000 individuals.

April 1, 2024 A lawsuit alleges American Express has shared with Facebook the communications of Calif. consumers who applied for a credit card on AmEx’s website and were rejected.

April 1, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges a March 2024 AT&T data breach was the result of the telecom giant’s failure to protect current and former customers’ information.

April 1, 2024 Teleflora faces a class action over a data breach announced in March 2024 that compromised the personal information of more than 12,000 customers.

April 1, 2024 GLG faces a class action over a cyberattack announced in March 2024 that compromised the personal data of more than 152,000 individuals.

March 28, 2024 A class action claims Wingstop has illegally captured and profited from the voiceprints of Illinois customers who place an order by phone.

March 27, 2024 Greensboro College faces a class action that claims deficient cybersecurity on the part of the private college resulted in an August 2023 data breach.

March 26, 2024 A lawsuit claims Charlotte’s Web has eavesdropped on website visitors via secret chatbot code that allows the company to record transcripts of conversations without consent.

March 25, 2024 Bayer Heritage Federal Credit Union faces a class action lawsuit that alleges the sensitive information of more than 61,000 people was stolen in a data breach.

March 22, 2024 EdisonLearning faces a class action over a March 2023 cyberattack that compromised the personal data of approximately 23,000 employees.

March 20, 2024 A class action alleges Northeast Orthopedics failed to protect the personal data of 177,000 individuals during a cyberattack detected in November 2023.

March 20, 2024 A class action claims negligent cybersecurity is to blame for a December 2023 data breach that compromised the personal information of MCS employees and customers.

March 19, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Epic Games has illegally tracked the personal information of Fortnite players under 13 and exploited the data for commercial gain.

March 15, 2024 A proposed class action lawsuit alleges USNews.com uses web-tracking software to capture visitors’ personal information without consent.

March 15, 2024 TalentLaunch faces a proposed class action over a May 2023 data breach that compromised the personal information of more than 119,000 people.

March 13, 2024 Florida Water Products, LLC faces a class action lawsuit over a May 2023 cyberattack that compromised the personal information of thousands of people.

March 13, 2024 American Vision Partners faces a class action over a November 2023 cyberattack that compromised the personal data of approximately 2,350,000 people.

March 12, 2024 Houser LLP faces a proposed class action lawsuit over a May 2023 cyberattack that compromised the personal data of more than 326,000 people.

March 12, 2024 A consumer claims in a class action that Columbia Debt Recovery wrongfully reported a debt that didn’t belong to him and obtained his consumer report without a permissible purpose.

March 12, 2024 A class action lawsuit accuses medQ of failing to protect the personal information of more than 54,000 people during a December 2023 data breach.

March 11, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Change Healthcare was reckless in its handling of the sensitive patient information, causing a massive data breach in February 2024.