Some 21% of data breach victims don’t realize their identity has been compromised until more than two years after it has happened, said a class action (docket 8:24-cv-00433) brought by three plaintiffs vs. loanDepot Friday in U.S. District Court for Central California in Santa Ana.
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Statements in Fertility Center of Las Vegas’ (FCLV) privacy policy that it doesn’t share patients’ private information with third parties are "false,” alleged a class action Thursday (docket 2:24-cv-00411) in U.S. District Court for Nevada in Las Vegas.
Business Insider parent Insider Inc. violates the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) by using a tracking tool that collects the IP addresses of visitors to its website without prior consent and a court order, alleged a class action Thursday (docket 1:24-cv-01566) in U.S. District Court for Southern New York in Manhattan.
HopSkipDrive should have known it was responsible for protecting plaintiff Tara McIntosh’s and class members' personal information, alleged McIntosh’s data breach negligence class action Thursday (docket 2:24-cv-01676) in U.S. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles. The ride-hailing service waited over three months after being notified of a May 31-June 10 data breach, discovered “one to two months afterward,” to notify McIntosh of the incident, said the complaint. The Spokane, Washington, resident received a letter from HopSkipDrive Nov. 14, notifying her that her personally identifiable information had been improperly accessed, it said.
A long-time T-Mobile customer is suing the carrier over the “regulatory programs & telco recovery fee” on its monthly invoices, said a class action removed Thursday to U.S. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles.
OpenAI, under its new board put in place during a tumultuous period in November amid Sam Altman’s ouster and return as CEO, is "refining" its artificial general intelligence (AGI) to maximize profits for Microsoft, "rather than for the benefit of humanity,” said Elon Musk’s fraud complaint Thursday (24-612746) in San Francisco County Superior Court.
A Liberty, Missouri, hospital “disregarded” Dan Cook's rights by “intentionally, willfully, recklessly, or negligently failing to take and implement adequate and reasonable measures” to protect his personal health (PHI) and personally identifiable information (PII), alleged Cook's class action Wednesday (docket 4:24-cv-00134) in U.S. District Court for Western Missouri in Kansas City.
Two streaming video apps violated the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) by integrating Meta tracking code into their platforms to disclose subscribers’ video viewing history to Meta for advertising and marketing purposes, said separate class actions against MLB.tv and FitOn.
OpenAI’s AI products use “stolen" personally identifiable information (PII) from “hundreds of millions of internet users,” including children, without their "informed consent or knowledge," alleged a class action Tuesday (docket 3:24-cv-01190) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Francisco.
A data breach at Multi-Fineline Electronix (MFlex) in Irvine, California, was a direct result of the printed circuit manufacturer’s failure to implement adequate cybersecurity procedures to protect employees’ and beneficiaries’ personally identifiable information (PII) from a “foreseeable and preventable” cyberattack, alleged a class action Tuesday (docket 8:24-cv-00400) in U.S. District Court for Central California in Santa Ana.