Consumer Privacy & Data Breaches | June 29, 2022
June 29, 2022 – Recently, Covenant Care California, LLC released additional information about a data breach, supplementing a notice the company previously sent out to affected parties on May 6, 2022. According to a “Notice of Data Event” posted on the company’s website, it is now confirmed that the breach involved the names, medical information, health insurance information, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license
Consumer Privacy & Data Breaches | June 28, 2022
June 28, 2022 – Recently, Mason Tenders’ District Council Welfare Fund, Annuity Fund and Pension Fund (“Mason Tenders’ District Council Funds,” “Mason Tenders”) filed official notice of a data breach with various state government entities. Based on the most recently available information, the Mason Tenders breach affected the names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth of approximately 20,090 individuals. On June 22, 2022, Mason Tenders’
Consumer Privacy & Data Breaches | June 28, 2022
June 28, 2022 – Recently, Yale New Haven Hospital announced a data breach after a file containing sensitive patient information was inadvertently posted to a public-facing website. As a result of the Yale New Haven Health data breach, the following information of 19,496 patients was compromised: name, telephone number, email address, age range, preferred language, medical record number, procedure type, and date and location of service.
Consumer Privacy & Data Breaches | June 28, 2022
June 28, 2022 – Phelps Health reported a data breach after the company was targeted in a recent cybersecurity attack. As a result of the breach, the names, Social Security numbers, medical codes, postal addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth and gender of certain individuals were compromised. The Phelps Health data breach is believed to have impacted as many as 12,602 individuals. On
Consumer Privacy & Data Breaches | June 28, 2022
June 28, 2022 – Silver Streak, Inc. reported a data breach after the company was targeted in a recent cybersecurity attack. As a result of the breach, the name, date of birth, address, driver’s license number, and email address of certain individuals was compromised. The number of individuals affected by the Silver Streak has not yet been released. On June 17, 2022, Silver Streak sent out
Consumer Privacy & Data Breaches | June 27, 2022
June 27, 2022 – Aon PLC reported a data breach after the company was targeted in a recent cybersecurity attack. As a result of the breach, the name and one or more of the following: Social Security number, driver’s license number, and, in a small number of cases, benefit enrollment information of certain individuals was compromised. The Aon PLC data breach is now believed to have
Personal Injury, Product Liability and Class Action News | June 27, 2022
June 27, 2022 – Deciding to take any medication during pregnancy is a tough decision. Of course, expecting mothers trust their doctors only to prescribe medication that is safe to take during pregnancy. However, doctors rely on the warnings provided by drug companies when making these critical decisions. But what happens if a drug manufacturer fails to disclose all the risks associated with the medication? Doctors won’t
Consumer Privacy & Data Breaches | June 24, 2022
June 24, 2022 – Recently, TridentCare provided notice to patients about a data breach following a burglary at one of the company’s offices. Evidently, several unauthorized people broke into a TridentCare office and stole several hard drives and other equipment. As a result of the Trident Care data breach, the names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers of approximately 6,200 people were compromised. On June
Consumer Privacy & Data Breaches | June 23, 2022
June 23, 2022 – Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc. reported a data breach after the company was targeted in a recent cybersecurity attack. The company has not yet publicly released the data types that were compromised in the breach. The number of individuals affected by the Pape-Dawson Engineers breach is still unknown. On June 21, 2022, Pape-Dawson Engineers sent out data breach letters to those individuals whose information was
Personal Injury, Product Liability and Class Action News | June 22, 2022
June 22, 2022 – In the wake of the tragedies in Uvalde, Texas, Buffalo, New York, and countless other cities across the United States, there has been a renewed interest in holding gun manufacturers liable for their role in enabling these heinous crimes. However, the issue of gun manufacturer liability is far from clear, as traditional theories of product liability do not apply with the same force
Consumer Privacy & Data Breaches | June 22, 2022
June 22, 2022 – In recent data breach news, Alliance Physical Therapy Group, LLC (“APTG”) confirmed that a previously announced data breach impacted a far greater number of people than initially believed. When APTG first reported the breach, the company believed 14,970 individuals were affected. However, based on a June 21, 2022 filing, APTG now reports that 26,851 people were affected in the State of Texas alone
Personal Injury, Product Liability and Class Action News | June 20, 2022
June 20, 2022 – It’s been (at least) 35 years, but for Veterans and their families harmed by toxic drinking water on Camp Lejeune base, the wait is almost over. A recent vote on a bill in the United States Senate has brought the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 one big
Consumer Privacy & Data Breaches | June 20, 2022
June 20, 2022 – Recently, Avamere Health Services, LLC (“Avamere Living”) filed official notice of a data breach resulting from what the company explains as a three-month period of “intermittent unauthorized access.” The breach appears to have affected employees of Avamere, but not residents. While Avamere has yet to publicly confirm the type of data compromised in the recent breach, it has made free credit monitoring
Consumer Privacy & Data Breaches | June 20, 2022
June 20, 2022 – Flagstar Bank, FSB reported a data breach after the company was targeted in a recent cybersecurity attack. As a result of the breach, the name or other personal identifier in combination with Social Security Number of certain individuals was compromised. The Flagstar Bank data breach is believed to have impacted as many as 1,547,169 individuals. On June 17, 2022, Flagstar Bank sent
Consumer Privacy & Data Breaches | June 20, 2022
June 20, 2022 – Recently, Precision Eye Care, Ltd. announced a data breach involving an incident at Eye Care Leaders, a third-party vendor used by Precision Eye Care to assist with the maintenance of Electronic Health Records. According to a notice posted on the Precision Eye Care website, the breach resulted in certain patients’ names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnostic information, and health