This category is for the improper handling of customer or employee data can lead to breaches, exposing sensitive information and violating privacy laws.
TL;DR The New England Patriots secretly sent fans’ precise GPS coordinates, exact video-viewing histories, and unique advertising IDs to Google and a sports data company called Rover… all without telling anyone. The Patriots app did this while fans watched team…
TL;DR Abbott Laboratories, a pharmaceutical giant employing over 1,000 people in Illinois, handed new workers a form during job onboarding that asked about their family’s medical history, including diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. That form is illegal. Illinois’s Genetic Information…
TL;DR Experian, one of the three most powerful credit bureaus in America, allegedly sold millions of consumers’ private phone numbers to telemarketing lenders the same day those consumers applied for a home loan. This practice, called a “trigger lead,” is…
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…