Data Breach Lawsuit

Indiana AG Sues Healthcare Organization Over Data Breach

March 5, 2024 - Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita filed a lawsuit against Apria Healthcare over a data breach that unfolded between April 2019 and October 2021. Apria is a leading provider of home medical equipment delivery and clinical support and serves more than two million patients across 270 locations. In September 2021, the Federal Bureau of Investigation...

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US Fertility Reaches $5.75M Data Breach Settlement

by Jill McKeon

US Fertility (USF) reached a $5.75 million settlement to resolve allegations of negligence following a 2020 ransomware attack and data breach that impacted nearly 900,000 individuals. USF provides IT...

Massachusetts Fertility Test Center Reaches $1.25M Data Breach Settlement

by Jill McKeon

Massachusetts-based ReproSource Fertility Diagnostics reached a $1.25 million settlement to resolve claims of negligence tied to a 2021 data breach. ReproSource, which was acquired by Quest Diagnostics...

Kroger Faces Lawsuits For Sharing Health Data With Meta Via Tracking Pixel Use

by Jill McKeon

Grocery chain Kroger is facing two class action lawsuits tied to its use of tracking technologies. Both lawsuits alleged that Kroger pharmacy patients were not informed that their health data was being...

NY AG Reaches $350K Settlement With Home Healthcare Company Over Data Breach

by Jill McKeon

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a $350,000 settlement with Personal Touch Holding Corporation, a Long Island-based home healthcare company, to resolve allegations stemming from a data...

Inmediata Health Resolves Multi-State Data Breach Investigation With $1.4M Settlement

by Jill McKeon

Puerto Rico-based healthcare clearinghouse Inmediata Health agreed to a $1.4 million settlement to resolve a multi-state data breach investigation backed by 33 state attorneys general. Inmediata...

Advocate Aurora Reaches $12.25M Settlement to Resolve Data Breach Lawsuit

by Jill McKeon

Advocate Aurora Health reached a $12.25 million settlement to resolve a data breach lawsuit. As previously reported, Advocate Aurora Health disclosed a data breach in October 2022 that impacted 3...

Orrick Law Firm’s Security Mishap Leads to Healthcare Data Breach Lawsuit 

by Sarai Rodriguez

From defender to defendant, Orrick Law Firm shifts gears after a data breach on its systems jeopardized the privacy of more than 152,818 individuals and landed the law firm with its own healthcare data...

Kronos Reaches $6M Settlement Over Ransomware Attack

by Jill McKeon

Kronos, also known as Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG), agreed to pay $6 million to resolve a class action lawsuit over a 2021 data breach. The HR management solutions provider suffered a ransomware attack...

CA Hospital Settles Cybersecurity Case, Pledges $460K to Upgrades

by Sarai Rodriguez

San Jose, California-based Good Samaritan Hospital has reached an undisclosed settlement, which includes a nearly $460,000 commitment to cybersecurity upgrades, to resolve a class-action lawsuit...

Healthcare Business Associate Faces Lawsuit Over March Cyberattack

by Jill McKeon

Pennsylvania-based Onix Group, a healthcare business associate that operates commercial real estate and provides management and consulting services, is now facing a lawsuit over a March 2023 data...

Acuity Agrees to Lawsuit Settlement After 100K-Impacted Data Breach

by Sarai Rodriguez

Acuity, which also operates under the name Comprehensive Health Services, reached a proposed settlement following a 2022 healthcare data breach that impacted nearly 106,910...

Maxim Healthcare Reaches Settlement Over 2021 Data Breach Case

by Sarai Rodriguez

Maxim Healthcare has reached a monetary agreement to settle claims that it failed to protect the personal health information of about 28,000 patients impacted in a 2021 data breach. According to...

SuperCare Health Reaches $2.25M Data Breach Settlement Over Alleged Negligence

by Sarai Rodriguez

SuperCare Health has agreed to a data breach settlement totaling $2.25 million in a class-action lawsuit filed by plaintiff Vickey Angulo and class members, who alleged the organization’s...

Lawsuit Accuses Iowa Health System of Sharing Data With Facebook

by Jill McKeon

An Iowa woman filed a lawsuit against the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics (UIHC) over its use of tracking pixels. As previously reported, companies like Google and Meta, along with...

Lawsuit Strikes 90 Degree Benefits After 181K-Impacted Data Breach

by Sarai Rodriguez

90 Degree Benefits, a health insurance company, is in hot water as a proposed class-action lawsuit emerges, following a data breach that jeopardized the privacy of more than 181,543 individuals. The...

Data Breach Lawsuits Tied to Tracking Pixel Use On the Rise In Healthcare

by Jill McKeon

As data breach notifications tied to the use of tracking pixels continue to surface, experts have observed a wave of lawsuits following close behind. BakerHostetler observed more than 50 lawsuits being...

Insight Global Settles Class Action Lawsuit After Contact Tracing Breach

by Sarai Rodriguez

Insight Global, the contact tracing program administrator hired by the state of Pennsylvania, has reached a proposed settlement to resolve a class-action healthcare data breach lawsuit. The breach,...

Illinois Medical Practice Settles Lawsuit After Data Breach Impacts 228K

by Sarai Rodriguez

Illinois Gastroenterology Group (IGG) has settled a class-action lawsuit for an undisclosed amount after a data breach puts the patient privacy of more than 227,943 individuals at risk. The lawsuit...

Rise Interactive Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Healthcare Data Breach

by Sarai Rodriguez

Rise Interactive Media & Analytics was hit with proposed a class action healthcare data breach lawsuit in the aftermath of a November 2022 breach.  The law firm Wolf Haldenstein, Adler...

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