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Tag Archives: Data Privacy

Texas Medical Liability Trust Data Breach Exposes 59K To Identity Theft

TMLT’s failure to adopt industry standard data protections as required by law places its customers at permanent risk of identity theft. A Class Action Complaint was recently filed against Texas Medical Liability Trust (TMLT) following a second report from the Maine Attorney General that the company and its affiliates, Texas Medical Insurance Company, Physicians Insurance…

Google Illegally Wiretapping On-line Tax Filing Websites – Lawsuit

Google knew its technology would be used to ‘illegally intercept’ electronic communications but chose to put advertising profits ahead of privacy laws. A class action lawsuit was recently filed against Google alleging that the search engine giant is knowingly “wiretapping” several American tax preparation websites and gathering sensitive personal and financial data it can then…

CareSource Data Breach Exposes 3.2 Million To Identity Theft

Cl0p ransomware gang has leaked private patient data allegedly belonging to CareSource, one of the US’ largest Medicaid-managed healthcare plan providers. A lawsuit was recently filed against an Ohio-based health care provider CareSource alleging it failed to adequately screen its vendors and allowed private information to be stored unencrypted, in so doing, leaving it vulnerable…

PurFoods Data Breach Puts 1.2 Million Customers At Risk Of Identity Theft

PurFoods, which positions itself as a provider of “tailored home-delivered meals,” has reported a data breach affecting over 1.2 million people. PurFoods (doing business as Mom’s Meals) filed a Data Breach Notification report with the Maine Attorney General’s Office, stating that attackers acquired sensitive personal and identifiable information for approximately 1.2 million users of its…

Oregon Health Plan Data Breach Exposes 1.7 Million Patients To Identity Theft

MOVEit Transfer ransomware attack at Oregon Health’s data management services provider jeopardizes another 1.7 million patient identities. The Oregon Health Authority has disclosed that 1.7 million Oregon Health Plan members had their protected health information compromised following a data breach of its health data management services provider Performance Health Technology (“PH Tech”) stemming from the…

Google Stole Data From ‘Hundreds Of Millions’ To Earn Billions From AI

Google spent years scraping data from the internet without permission or regard to copyright and then used that data to develop its Artificial Intelligence products. A class action lawsuit was recently filed against Google, its parent company Alphabet, and its artificial intelligence branch Google DeepMind for “secretly stealing everything ever created and shared on the internet…

Google, Tax Slayer Being Sued For Sharing Taxpayers’ Financial Data

TaxSlayers’ website uses Google’s pixel technology to illegally intercept and record consumers tax-filing information to increase advertising profits. Google and on-line tax preparation company TaxSlayer are facing a proposed class action lawsuit accusing them of violating taxpayers’ privacy by sharing their sensitive financial data, citing the findings of a recent report. Google Knew Its Pixel…

Instagram Sued For Violating Illinois Users Privacy Rights

Instagram may have illegally used facial recognition software and improperly collected personal data, in violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. A class action lawsuit was recently filed against Meta Platforms Inc., on behalf of all Illinois residents over Instagram’s improper collection of personal data and illegal use of facial recognition software. What Does…

Progress Software’s MOVEit File Transfer Utility Exposes Untold Millions To Identity Theft.

The number of victims affected by a campaign that targeted a zero-day vulnerability in Progress Sofware’s MOVEit file-transfer product to steal data continues to grow each day. What Happened? Numerous class action lawsuits were recently filed against Progress Software concerning a security vulnerability in its’ MOVEit file transfer utility that enabled hackers to exfiltrated untold…

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Plan Sued After Massive Data Breach

Lawsuit alleges that Harvard Pilgrim, one of the largest healthcare insurers in the Northeast, along with its parent company Point32Health failed to adequately protect the data of 2.5 million customers. A class action lawsuit was recently filed against healthcare insurance giant Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and its parent company, Point32Health, alleging that the insurer failed…