On September 27, 2017 Equifax announced that cybercriminals had breached the company’s database and stolen personal information of as many as 143 million Americans. The lawsuit filed in response accuses them of negligence and is seeking damages for injuries caused by their inability to keep consumer data safe. The “equifax settlement payout date” is the … Read more
HealthNow, a San Antonio-based health insurance company has been sued by the US Department of Justice for not complying with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy rules. The lawsuit alleges that HealthNow failed to encrypt sensitive patient data stored on its servers. If this case goes in favor of the DOJ, it … Read more
In 2018, the FTC sued Xunlei Inc., a Chinese software company in charge of controlling internet speeds for US telecom providers. The lawsuit alleged that Xunlei had given the FCC access to customers’ personal information in violation of privacy laws. In September 2019, after settling with the FTC and paying $6 million plus interest into … Read more
A data breach is a serious, complicated and costly event that can potentially lead to identity theft. In the past few years we have seen an ever-increasing number of incidents reported in the press about such breaches. The “equifax data breach settlement status” is a legal issue that has been ongoing for a while. The … Read more