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 Park Happy, LLC, a Nashville-based private parking company, has been sued in federal court for illegally accessing Tennessee DMV records to harvest drivers’ home addresses (without their knowledge or consent) in order to mail them fake-looking “violation notices” that…
Hey LinkedIn Lunatics! Corporate Surveillance Investigation LinkedIn Exposed Your Private Messages To Train AI Models EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 5:25-cv-00709, N.D. Cal., Filed Jan. 21, 2025 • 30 min read TL;DR LinkedIn fed your private InMail messages to AI models…
Surveillance • Privacy • Class Action Puma Sued For Stalking Customers Across The Internet EvilCorporations.com • Case 2:24-cv-09468, U.S. District Court, C.D. Cal. • 10 min read TL;DR Puma embedded TikTok tracking software directly into its website, puma.com, and that…
EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 24-md-03090-RAR, MDL No. 3090, S.D. Fla. • 60 min read They Sold You Healthcare. They Sold Out Your Secrets. A Russia-linked ransomware gang exploited a software vulnerability that hospital corporations knew about, ignored, and failed to…
Blackbaud’s Billion-Dollar Betrayal: Data Fumbled, Public Deceived TL;DR The Facts: In 2020, Blackbaud, a data giant with $1.1 billion in 2022 revenue, allowed a hacker to sit inside its systems undetected for over three months, from February 7 to May…
Monument, Inc. Sold Your Addiction Recovery Data To Facebook And Google TL;DR The Promise: Alcohol addiction treatment platform Monument, Inc. promised its service was “100% confidential” and “fully HIPAA-compliant,” asserting it would never share user data without “expressed written consent.”…
BetterHelp’s Betrayal: How They Sold Your Most Sensitive Data For Profit TL;DR The Facts: BetterHelp, Inc., an online therapy provider with millions of users, collected deeply personal and sensitive health information, including therapy intake forms, mental health history, and email…
Cerebral’s Deception Machine THE RECEIPTS: FTC vs. CEREBRAL, INC. The Facts: The United States, on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission, filed a lawsuit against telehealth giant Cerebral, Inc., its former CEO Kyle Robertson, and other associated entities. The case,…
The Receipts: PRGX Global Inc. The Accusation: A class-action lawsuit alleges PRGX Global, Inc. had “insufficient data security,” leading to two massive data breaches. Breach #1: In April 2022, the ransomware group Black Basta infiltrated PRGX systems. The Delay: PRGX…
TL;DR Greystar Real Estate Partners is the largest apartment operator in the United States, managing over 800,000 units worldwide while simultaneously publishing polished ESG pledges promising environmental and social responsibility. Greystar’s own published sustainability document commits to only a 1%…