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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…

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…

Upperline Health Sharing Health Information With Advertisers To Improve Profits

Upperline Health’s website uses tracking technology to report visitors personal health information to third parties in violation of privacy laws. What happened? A lawsuit was recently filed against Upperline Health, one of the nation’s largest provider network dedicated to specialty value-based foot and ankle care, alleging that the Company is engaged in the illegal and…

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…

BetterHelp Betrayed Patients Trust In Pursuit Of Dollars

Another class action lawsuit was recently filed against BetterHelp after being hit with a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) order banning the online counseling platform from sharing consumers’ data for advertising purposes. The case was filed days after the FTC said BetterHelp must not disclose consumers’ sensitive mental health data to third parties—including Facebook, Pinterest, Criteo…

Express Scripts Use Of Pixel Technology Relays Users Private Information To Facebook

A class action lawsuit was recently filed against Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefits manager serving over 100 million Americas, alleging that it unlawfully relays confidential personal information directly to Facebook (Meta) without consent from the owner of the information. According to the lawsuit, Express Scripts uses Facebook’s Pixel spyware on its websites. This technology enables…