UMass Memorial Health Center agreed to pay $1.2 million to resolve claims it failed to protect consumers from a data breach. Plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit accuse UMass Memorial Health of failing to safeguard their sensitive data from a data breach in 2020 and 2021. The breach allegedly harmed nearly 3,000 Massachusetts residents when their names, driver’s ... Keep Reading↠

Synchrony Bank will pay $2.6 million as part of a class action lawsuit settlement to resolve claims it violated federal telemarketing laws by calling customers about accounts they didn’t own. Plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit accused Synchrony of contacting consumers without their consent regarding accounts that did not belong to them. These calls allegedly ... Keep Reading↠

Midwest Division MMC, the company that operates Menorah Medical Center, agreed to pay $1.8 million to resolve an employment lawsuit claiming it underpaid nurses. According to nurses in the wage-and-hour class action lawsuit, Menorah Medical Center deducted 30-minute meal periods from their work despite the fact they did not take these breaks and they adjusted ... Keep Reading↠

Highmark Health Options agreed to pay $1.85 million as part of a settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit claiming it contacted consumers with unsolicited, automated telemarketing calls. The telemarketing class action lawsuit accuses Highmark Health of violating the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by placing unsolicited telemarketing calls to ... Keep Reading↠

Scripps agreed to a class action lawsuit settlement to resolve claims it failed to protect patients from a 2021 data breach. Scripps faced several class action lawsuits from consumers affected by a 2021 data breach. According to the consolidated cases, Scripps failed to prevent a ransomware attack that compromised sensitive health information. In April 2021, ... Keep Reading↠

Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital agreed to pay $380,000 as part of a settlement to resolve claims it failed to prevent a data breach in September 2021. In September 2021, Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital was the victim of a data breach that compromised both personally identifying information — names and other identifiers — and protected health information, such as ... Keep Reading↠