Though many digital health apps and online platforms fall outside the scope of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), courts and regulators are using other tools to expand enforcement against them when they share sensitive health data without consent, said Sheppard Mullin lawyers in a blog post.
Human resources company Sequoia Benefits must pay $8.7 million in a settlement from a 2022 data breach that exposed the personal information of about 580,000 individuals, a federal court ruled in a court document filed Tuesday.
Retina Group of Florida suffered a data breach that may have leaked the personal information of more than 150,000 patients, Schubert Jonckheer said Thursday.
An August settlement between the Massachusetts attorney general and a property management company over its shortcomings in handling a cybersecurity breach is a cautionary tale for any business collecting and storing consumer data, said a Hudson Cook lawyer in a blog post Aug. 29.
The surge in data breach lawsuits is a result of the rise in breaches and plaintiffs’ lawyers determining that such litigation is a lucrative space, said Jackson Lewis attorneys in a podcast Thursday. Courts are also helping make these suits easier to bring and speed counts, they added.
A recent data breach at French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton previously thought to have only impacted customers overseas may have exposed the personal information of U.S. customers as well, a law firm said Wednesday. Multiple states also reported the breach recently.
TransUnion suffered a data breach that may have exposed the personal information of more than 4.4 million of the credit agency's customers, it told the Maine attorney general's office on Wednesday.
A breach at an Ohio firm that helps patients obtain physician-certified medical marijuana cards may have exposed the sensitive information of more than 900,000 of its customers, a law firm investigating the incident said Tuesday.
A Michigan-based health system with more than 70 providers suffered a data breach last year that exposed personal information of almost 140,000 individuals, a law firm said Monday. Two states also recently reported the breach of Aspire Rural Health System. The company may have violated state and federal laws by disclosing the breach well after it occurred.
Farmers Insurance may have suffered a breach that leaked the sensitive information of more than a million customers, a law firm investigating the incident said Monday. Multiple states also reported the breach recently.