This category is for the improper handling of customer or employee data can lead to breaches, exposing sensitive information and violating privacy laws.
Investigation: Big Tech Surveillance Meta & Google Sued For Turning Your Phone Into A Spy Device A class action lawsuit claims Meta and Yandex secretly harvested Android users’ personal data through tracking software embedded in apps, with no meaningful consent…
Privacy • Surveillance Economy • Class Action Carfax Is Selling Your Crash Report. You Never Said Yes. Investigation Published: February 25, 2025 • Case No. 8:25-cv-632 • U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, Southern Division TL;DR Who: Carfax, Inc., the…
[ARTICLE_START:goodrx-sold-your-health-secrets-to-facebook] “`html Investigations • Health Privacy • Corporate Betrayal GoodRx Sold Your Health Secrets to Facebook Source: United States of America v. GoodRx Holdings, Inc. • Case No. 23-cv-460 • Filed February 1, 2023 • U.S. District Court, Northern District…
TL;DR Epic Games, maker of Fortnite, collected personal data from millions of children under 13 and exposed them to predators, harassment, and suicide-related content through default voice and text chat settings it refused to change for years. The federal government…
The Surveillance Classroom TL;DR A class-action lawsuit (Case 2:25-cv-02711) accuses EdTech giant Instructure, Inc. of building a multi-billion dollar empire by systematically harvesting and monetizing the personal data of millions of K-12 students. The company allegedly collects vast amounts of…
TL;DR The Entity: MERS Missouri Goodwill Industries, a “non-profit” with $224 million in annual revenue. The Breach: Hackers stole sensitive data of approximately 70,390 current and former employees between March 10-15, 2023. The Data: Full names, Social Security numbers, dates…
Adobe’s Shadow Profile: How Your Clicks Become Their Commodity TL;DR A class-action lawsuit alleges Adobe Inc. built a massive, secret surveillance system to track millions of internet users across different websites, apps, and devices. Adobe allegedly created a persistent identifier…
Your Car is a Corporate Spy TL;DR A class-action lawsuit (Case 4:25-cv-00406) has been filed against Toyota, Progressive Insurance, and data broker Connected Analytic Services (CAS). The lawsuit alleges these corporations created a system to secretly collect detailed driving data…
TL;DR Netgain Technology, LLC, a Minnesota-based IT company that marketed itself as offering “DoD-grade, ultra-secure protection” to healthcare and accounting clients, suffered a ransomware attack starting in September 2020. The company did not publicly begin notifying victims until January 2021,…
Federal Class Action Filed April 18, 2025 The Lie at the Heart of Roblox’s Surveillance Empire EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 2:25-cv-03476, Central District of California • 65 min read TL;DR A federal class action lawsuit filed April 18, 2025, accuses…