Cerebral reached a settlement with the FTC to close its investigation into the online mental healthcare company's data sharing, security and cancellation policy practices, said the company in a statement Monday.
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An April 1 FTC order denying MGM Resorts International's petition to quash a civil investigative demand (CID) “unlawfully deprives MGM of its rights under the Fifth Amendment,” said the hotel chain’s complaint Monday (docket 1:24-cv-01066) in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The CID requested information as part of a nonpublic investigation involving MGM's September cyberattack.
The International Trade Commission’s October order preventing Apple from importing its Series 9 and Ultra 2 watches based on allegations of patent infringement by medical device company Masimo -- which doesn’t currently sell its watches in the U.S. -- “creates serious risks for U.S. businesses,” said NetChoice Monday in a news release.
For “many years,” General Motors, OnStar and LexisNexis Risk Solutions have been collecting location, vehicle and personally identifiable information (PII) from OnStar-equipped vehicles and selling “vast amounts” of that data to third parties, alleged a privacy class action Friday (docket 2:24-cv-02978) in U.S. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles.
Three trackers collect Buzzfeed consumers’ IP addresses when they visit the entertainment website, without their consent, alleged a privacy class action Thursday (docket 1:24-cv-02753) in U.S. District Court for Southern New York in Manhattan.
Kevin Sinitski received notification from his credit monitoring company that his personally identifiable information (PII) was involved in a V12Software data breach. The Feb. 15 notice from Credit Wise informed Sinitski of an incident he was unaware of, his class action alleged Thursday (docket 5:24-cv-02171) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Jose.
Wireless internet service provider Bloosurf, valued at $30 million in 2021, has lost "half its customers" and "significant" revenue and cash flow due to T-Mobile's interference, alleged Bloosurf’s complaint Wednesday (docket 8:24-cv-01047) in U.S. District Court for Maryland in Greenbelt in which it seeks $116 million in damages.
Silicon Valley Mechanical (SVM) stored the personally identifiable information (PII) of plaintiff Patrick Brenan and class members “unencrypted, in an Internet-accessible environment” on its network, allowing cybercriminals to access it using an "extraction tool," alleged a negligence class action Wednesday (docket 5:24-cv-02147) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Jose.
Plaintiffs Dean and Michelle Nasca oppose conditional transfer order 30 (CTO-30) in In Re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Liability Litigation, said their notice of opposition Wednesday (docket 3047) before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. The plaintiffs will file a motion to vacate CTO-30, which listed its case against TikTok parent ByteDance and also included tag-along actions Putnam County School District vs. Alphabet Inc. et al and Cumberland County Board of Education vs. Meta Platforms Inc. et al.
Plaintiff Subspace Omega, a network optimization service provider that closed in 2022, fails to allege exclusionary conduct, said Amazon’s motion Monday (docket 2:23-cv-01772) in U.S. District Court for Western Washington in Seattle to dismiss Subspace’s antitrust suit.