The users, who hail from Rhode Island and Michigan, claim Apple violated laws protecting records of entertainment purchases in those states. The lawsuit claims that Apple has released personal listening information directly to third parties while also granting app developers access to iTunes libraries through the Media Player framework. It draws on specific public criticism of Apple’s privacy …
Apple has been hit with a class action federal lawsuit by customers who are alleging that information on their iTunes purchases was sold by Apple to third parties. The parties complain that the collection of the data was done in violation of their own individual states’ privacy laws. The complaint alleges Apple supplements its revenues by selling, renting and transmitting with third parties …
This includes a $690 million charge made during the first quarter of 2019 related to outstanding litigation and potential fines related to its 2017 cybersecurity incident. The funds will be dedicated to covering legal action brought by federal and state regulators and federal class action cases, said Mark W. Begor, Equifax’s CEO, during an earnings call made last week. Berger also told …
Telecommunications giants are facing a class action for allegedly violating consumer privacy laws. A class action lawsuit has been filed against the four most popular telecommunications companies in the United States – Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile. The class action covers approximately 300 million customers ranging from April 30, 2015 and February 15, 2019 spread out between the four …
(TNS) — Wendy’s will pay $50 million to settle a class-action lawsuit from a data breach that hit more than 1,000 of its restaurants in 2015 and 2016. On Wednesday, the Ohio-based burger chain announced the pending agreement with financial institutions that alleged Wendy’s did not protect customer credit card information. Wendy’s said it will pay $27.5 million of the settlement, with the rest …
The case against sex toy maker We-Vibe, which agreed to pay out $3.75m for tracking owners’ use, has finally been put to bed, with a judge yesterday signing off the settlement. Earlier this year We-Vibe’s parent company, Standard Innovation, agreed to fork out following a privacy infringement lawsuit, and also said it would ensure that personal information collected from users would be deleted. …
U.S. government claims that AT&T Mobility illegally slowed down or “throttled” data sent to wireless devices will be reheard, a U.S. appeals court in California said on Tuesday after it dismissed the case last year. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in an order that it would reconsider the “data throttling” case before the full or “en-banc” 11-judge panel.
Authenticom, a data integration service provider, on Monday filed an antitrust lawsuit against dealership management system giants CDK Global Inc. and Reynolds and Reynolds Co. The lawsuit accuses the two of creating a duopoly in the dealership data integration market, locking the vendor out of databases necessary to its business and threatening its survival. Authenticom’s filing was similar to …
Bose Corp spies on its wireless headphone customers by using an app that tracks the music, podcasts and other audio they listen to, and violates their privacy rights by selling the information without permission, a lawsuit charged. The complaint filed on Tuesday by Kyle Zak in federal court in Chicago seeks an injunction to stop Bose’s “wholesale disregard” for the privacy of customers who …
Being able to prove fault in a healthcare data breach class action lawsuit is inherently difficult, but it is also important to understand the privacy expectations, according to a recent Corporate Clients Insight blog post. Data breach cases are not as simple for plaintiffs as it may seem, wrote LeClairRyan Partner Chad Mandell. It is hard to prove proper legal standing “and …