Technology

July 25, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims inadequate cybersecurity on the part of Advanced Medical Management (AMM) is to blame for a May 2023 cyberattack that compromised the personal data of 319,485 individuals.

July 21, 2023 Mac Pizza Management, Inc. faces a class action lawsuit that claims the company failed to protect the personal information of at least 39,000 employees during an April 2023 cyberattack.

July 21, 2023 A proposed class action lawsuit claims clothing retailer Citi Trends failed to protect the personal information of current and former employees during a January 2023 cyberattack.

July 21, 2023 Two class action lawsuits claim TaxAct and H&R Block—as well as the latter’s subsidiaries, HRB Digital LLC and HRB Tax Group, Inc.—unlawfully shared consumers’ personal data with Meta (Facebook) and Google without consent.

July 19, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Imagine360 failed to protect the personal information of nearly half a million individuals from a cyberattack reportedly detected in January and early February 2023.

July 18, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims X Corp., which owns and operates Twitter, has wrongfully captured, stored and used Illinois residents’ biometric data, including facial scans, without consent.

July 17, 2023 A class action alleges Google has secretly harvested and used millions of internet users’ data to train its various artificial intelligence (AI) products.

July 14, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims negligence on the part of HCA Healthcare, Inc. is to blame for a July 2023 data breach that compromised the personal information of 11 million patients.

June 29, 2023 Another proposed class action lawsuit claims negligence on the part of the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) is to blame for a data breach that went undetected for almost a full year.

June 29, 2023 At least three proposed class action lawsuits claim Mondelez Global failed to protect the personal information of more than 51,000 employees during a February 2023 cyberattack.

June 27, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Twitter, Inc. and X Corp., which merged in March 2023, have refused to honor their promises to pay employees annual bonuses for 2022.

June 27, 2023 A class action lawsuit accuses Whitworth University of failing to protect current and former students’ personal data from a cyberattack in July 2022.

June 27, 2023 A class action claims the operators of MOVEit failed to protect the personal information of millions of individuals during a “major international cyber-attack” that reportedly began in May 2023.

June 26, 2023 Construction engineering company Kraemer North America faces a class action lawsuit that claims its “negligent” and “inadequate” data security are to blame for a March 2023 cyberattack.

June 26, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims private hospital Ascension Saint Joseph-Chicago and parent corporation Ascension Health have unlawfully captured, stored and shared employee fingerprint scans without consent.

June 22, 2023 Samsung faces a proposed class action over its decision to sell the pricey Galaxy S22 Ultra smartphone without a charging block.

June 19, 2023 A class action claims real estate investment company Onix Group, LLC failed to protect the private information of 320,000 individuals during a March 2023 cyberattack.

June 19, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims certain CNBC.com subscribers’ personal information has been secretly disclosed to Facebook without consent.

June 19, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims the “outdated” and “negligent” cybersecurity practices of Tennessee Orthopaedic Clinics resulted in a data breach announced by the medical treatment center in May 2023.

June 16, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims negligence on the part of Apria Healthcare is to blame for a data breach that compromised the personal information of 1.8 million individuals nationwide.

June 15, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Sur La Table, a cookware and dining supplies retailer, failed to protect the personal information of current and former employees during a March 2023 cyberattack.

June 15, 2023 A class action claims SkyFine USA has violated federal law in that its ignition interlock device (IID) lease agreements fail to clearly provide consumers with certain disclosures.

June 15, 2023 A class action claims Coach USA, Inc. has unlawfully captured, stored and shared with third parties the fingerprint scans of its employees without their consent.

June 13, 2023 A class action claims pharmacy services provider PharMerica Corporation and parent company Res-Care, Inc. failed to protect the personal information of 5,815,591 people during a March 2023 cyberattack. [UPDATE]

June 12, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims negligence on the part of Chase Bank and Zelle is to blame for a malfunction that caused payments to be debited twice from consumers’ accounts.

June 12, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims 1-800-Flowers has violated California law by charging consumers for a recurring paid program without obtaining consent or providing proper notice.

June 8, 2023 A class action lawsuit accuses Mercer University, a private research school in Georgia, of failing to protect the personal information of over 93,000 individuals from a cyberattack in April of this year.

June 8, 2023 Three California residents have filed several proposed class action lawsuits in which they accuse certain automakers and retailers of allowing third parties to wiretap the online chat interactions of website visitors without consent.

June 5, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Solgen Power, LLC unlawfully requires workers to sign noncompetition agreements as a condition of employment and illegally prohibits employees from maintaining second jobs.

June 1, 2023 A class action alleges Monument has illegally disclosed users’ information to third-party advertisers, including Meta, Google, Bing and Pinterest.

May 31, 2023 TikTok faces a class action over its alleged collection of non-users’ data whenever they visit a website on which the app’s software development kit is installed.

May 31, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Apollo.io has unlawfully used without consent Illinois residents’ personal information to advertise paid monthly subscriptions to its business intelligence database.

May 24, 2023 Temu faces a class action wherein a consumer claims to have received unsolicited text messages from the online marketplace—even though his cell phone number is listed on the National Do Not Call Registry.

May 23, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims healthcare giant Aetna failed to protect the personal information of approximately 3 million individuals from a cyberattack reportedly detected in early February 2023.

May 18, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Microsoft, Qualtrics International and subsidiary Qualtrics LLC have “systematically” captured without consent the private information of Kaiser Permanente website users.

May 18, 2023 A class action lawsuit alleges that software service provider Alvaria, Inc. and business client Carrington Mortgage Services are to blame for a March 2023 data breach of the companies’ “customer environment.”

May 18, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Weee!, a major online Asian and Hispanic grocery delivery startup, failed to protect the personal information of at least 1.1 million customers during a February 2023 data breach.

May 15, 2023 Tesla faces a class action after rolling out software updates that, unbeknownst to drivers, deplete their vehicle’s battery life and slash driving range.

May 12, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims inadequate cybersecurity on the part of Carvin Wilson Software is to blame for a 2023 data breach that compromised the personal information of over 187,000 people.

May 11, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims internet provider Altice USA and several subsidiaries have “crammed” West Virginia customers’ monthly bills with unlawful fees.

May 11, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims DISH Network Corporation failed to protect the personal information of consumers and employees during a February 2023 ransomware attack.

May 11, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Crunchbase has unlawfully used Illinois residents’ personal information to market monthly subscription plans to its online business search platform without consent.

May 9, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims healthcare service group Kaiser Permanente secretly shares the personal data of website visitors with numerous third parties without consent.

May 9, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims video streaming service Viki, Inc. secretly shares subscribers’ personal data with Meta Platforms (Facebook) without consent.

May 4, 2023 A class action claims Coinbase has wrongfully collected, stored, shared and profited from Illinois residents’ biometric data, including facial and fingerprint scans.

May 4, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims inadequate cybersecurity is to blame for a February 2023 cyberattack that compromised the personal data of “potentially thousands” of Baldor Specialty Foods employees.

May 2, 2023 West Technology Group faces a class action lawsuit that claims the cloud and data services provider failed to protect employees’ personal information from a December 2022 cyberattack.

May 1, 2023 L’Oréal has been hit with a class action lawsuit filed by a consumer who claims to have received texts from the cosmetics company despite requesting “many times” to opt out.

April 26, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims that negligence on the part of Green Valley Pecan Company led to a data breach that compromised the personal information of over 9,000 employees.

April 26, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims cost-cutting by the American Bar Association is to blame for a March 2023 data breach that compromised the personal information of up to 1.4 million members.