Comcast used “deficient data security practices” by relying on Citrix’s “flawed software applications” that resulted in a “massive and preventable” October data breach, alleged a fraud class action Thursday (docket 2:24-cv-00793) in U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
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A Tampa doctor’s T-Mobile account was improperly transferred to another individual who used the doctor's identity to attempt to buy fraudulent prescriptions of controlled substances, tried to transfer $100,000 from her retirement account and obtained money via a financial services platform, alleged Pina Panchal's negligence complaint Wednesday (docket 8:24-cv-00456) in U.S. District Court for Middle Florida in Tampa.
Debt collection service IC System continued to inaccurately report late-payment charges on a Charter Communications customer’s account after he disputed the information to credit reporting firms Equifax, Experian and TransUnion, said a complaint Wednesday (docket 6:24-cv-00371) against IC System, Charter and Equifax in U.S. District Court for Middle Florida in Orlando.
A Verizon employee gained unauthorized access to a file containing personally identifiable information (PII) of 63,206 company staffers on Sept. 21, though Verizon didn’t discover the breach until Dec. 21, alleged a fraud class action Wednesday (docket 2:24-cv-01431) in U.S. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles. Moreover, Verizon notified the Maine attorney general and data breach victims weeks later, on Feb. 7, it said.
Home security company Vivint failed to disclose to a customer that he would be required to buy additional products to receive its service and refused to allow him to cancel home monitoring, alleged a Jan. 12 fraud class action (docket 1:24-cv-01010) removed Wednesday from Burlington County, New Jersey, Superior Court to U.S. District Court for New Jersey in Camden.
The Ohio Telecom Association (OTA) petitioned the 6th U.S. Circuit Appeals Court for review of the FCC’s updated data breach notification rules, adopted Dec. 13, released Dec. 21 and published in the Federal Register Feb. 12, said its Tuesday filing (docket 24-3133). The rules are effective March 13.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Appeals Court should grant Apple permission to appeal under Rule 23(f) and reverse the class-certification order in an antitrust case vs. the tech company, stemming from a 2011 class action, said Apple’s petition (docket 24-875) for permission to appeal a district court’s Feb. 2 class-certification order.
The loyalty of millions of children has helped turn online gaming platform Roblox into "a wild success,” but the platform “systematically takes advantage" of kids and exposes them "to unsafe, unregulated, and grotesque virtual experiences,” alleged a class action Friday (docket 3:24-cv-00963) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Francisco.
Wondershare Software violated California’s Automatic Renewal Law (ARL) by failing to present its subscription terms in a clear and conspicuous manner, alleged a fraud class action Friday (docket 2:24-cv-01314) in U.S. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles.
A Nashville-based marketing firm is suing TracFone and Verizon over false claims it paid field agents on commission, a practice barred by the FCC Lifeline program, said the firm's breach of contract complaint Thursday (docket 1:24-cv-20600) in U.S. District Court for Southern Florida in Miami.