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…
Class Action Alleges Advocate Aurora Failed To Obtain Patient’s Consent To Share Private Health Data A class action lawsuit was recently filed against Advocate Aurora Health Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc. (Facebook) alleging that Aurora shared confidential Private Health Information (PHI) with Facebook through computer code embedded on Aurora Health’s websites and apps. Advocate Aurora…
OakBend Medical Center, a Richmond Texas based medical provider, announced that it was the target of a ransomware attack over the September Labor Day weekend. According to reports, the attack was first noticed on Sept 1st 2022 when files on its network were shown as encrypted. The IT infrastructure was immediately taken offline while authorities…
Latest Data Breach At Flagstar Bank Puts 1.5 Million Customers At Risk Of Identity Theft Flagstar Bank, a Michigan-based financial services provider and one of the largest banks in the United States, has recently begun notifying 1.5 million customers of a data breach that occurred during a December 2021 cyber attack. According to data breach…
Personal Identifying Information Involving 1.2 Million Patients Is At Risk For Identity Theft A class-action lawsuit was recently filed against Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare and its affiliate, San Antonio, Texas-based Baptist Health System, over an April data breach that has affected 1.2 million patients. The lawsuit, filed in Dallas County, alleges that the health companies were…
Ransomware Attack Could Be One Of 2022’s Biggest Health Care Breaches A major ransomware attack on a little-known debt collection firm that serves hundreds of hospitals and medical facilities across the U.S. could be one of the biggest data breaches of personal and health information this year. The Greeley Colorado-based Professional Finance Company, known as…
Health Care Data Breach Exposes Personal Information Of Two Million People Two million people who sought care at 56 Shields Health Care Group partners across the New England region may have had their personal data exposed after the company’s network server was breached in March. This breach is the largest of the year in healthcare,…
