Numerous class action lawsuits were recently launched after Mental health application platform provider Cerebral disclosed it experienced a data breach affecting around 3.17 million users. According to the lawsuit, data was leaked to third parties via a tracking pixel’s data logging feature. Cerebral estimates the data was leaked to third parties from October 12, 2019…
Independent Living Systems (“ILS”), a Miami, FL-based provider of third-party administrative services to managed care organizations, was recently hit with a lawsuit after informing the Maine Attorney General that it suffered a data breach that has affected up to 4,226,508 individuals – the largest healthcare data breach to be reported so far this year. When Did…
A class action complaint was recently filed against Regal Medical Group, Lakeside Medical Organization, ADOC Medical Group, and Greater Covina Medical (collectively, “Regal”) alleging that it negligently failed to protect the personal health and identifying information of 3.3 million people. According to the complaint, the Southern California-based medical groups failed to adequately protect the sensitive…
A class action complaint was recently filed against Cedars-Sinai Health System and subsidiary Cedars-Sinai Medical Center alleging that both transmit to numerous third parties the personal data of Cedars-Sinai.org visitors without a users consent. Website And Mobile App Contain Third Party Tracking Tools The lawsuit claims that the prominent Los Angeles based healthcare organization—which sees…
According to a recent class action lawsuit, Highmark Health, the second largest integrated delivery and financing system in the US, suffered an email phishing attack that impacted 300,000 individuals who are now at risk of identity theft. Hackers Gained Access To Data Using A Phishing Email Highmark announced that an unauthorized individual was able to…
A class action lawsuit was recently filed against Group Health Plan alleging the health care provider knowingly transmits confidential personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) to third parties, include Meta Platforms, Inc.(Facebook). Group Health Plan operates two websites, www.healthpartners.com and www.virtuwell.com which it encourage patients to use for booking medical appointments, locating physicians…
Numerous class action lawsuits were recently filed against tech giant Meta in response to the revelation that anyone who uses online tax-filing services, such as H&R Block, TaxAct, and TaxSlayer, to file their income taxes – is also transmitting that data to Meta. Over 150 million Americans filed their taxes on- line last year. Meta Gathers…
TikTok’s Use of In-App Browsers to Intercept Users’ Sensitive and Personal Information Input into Third-Party Websites. Another class class action lawsuit against tech giant TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance. This time the suit alleges the tech giant intentionally violates federal wiretap and user privacy laws in its pursuit to know and record in real-time…
Over 1.5 Million BetMGM Customers Allegedly Affected By Data Breach A class action lawsuit was recently filed against online gambling giant BetMGM for failing to adequately protect users’ personal identifying information (PII).. As a result, up to 1.5 million current and former users are now at risk for identity theft. The suit alleges that BetMGM…
A class action lawsuit was recently filed against Apple following the release of a report by Gizmodo stating that independent analysis showed the tech giant continues to collect data on its users even when its own settings promise to “disable the sharing of Device Analytics altogether.” Apple’s Privacy Guarantee Is A Complete Illusion Privacy is one…
