A 34-page class action was filed against Blackhawk Network for a data breach that occurred on MyPrepaidCenter.com in September of this year. The plaintiffs allege that Blackhawk Network’s failure to prevent or detect this incident was “particularly egregious” since it operates a website where consumers can activate and manage prepaid gift cards, which requires collection
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Data Breach Class Action Against Radiology Companies Dismissed for Lack of Standing
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Enforcement + Litigation
Last week, New York federal judge Vincent L. Bricetti dismissed a data breach class action against Northeast Radiology PC (Northeast) and Alliance HealthCare Services (Alliance) because the plaintiffs failed to allege a cognizable injury.
In July 2021, Jose Aponte II and Lisa Rosenberg filed suit alleging that Northeast and Alliance failed to protect their sensitive…
Data breach class action suit against Horizon Blue Cross dismissed
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Enforcement + Litigation
Late last week, a federal court judge in New Jersey dismissed a putative class action lawsuit against Horizon Blue Cross for a data breach involving two unencrypted laptops that were lost in 2013. The case alleged that close to 840,000 individuals’ information was breached, including names, addresses, dates of birth, health information and Social Security…
PF Chang’s continues its success in thwarting data breach class action lawsuits
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Enforcement + Litigation
We have been closely watching the class action suits against PF Chang’s (and other retailers) relating to the bistro’s data breach last year. In December, a federal district court in Illinois dismissed a proposed class action against PF Chang’s because the plaintiffs were unable to show that they had suffered actual harm as a result…