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New York multistate settlement with Labcorp over AMCA data breach

Laboratory Corporation of AmericaSeptember 24, 2026New York Attorney General

Penalty Amount

$2,287,455

Consumers Affected

27,500,000

Summary

New York and a bipartisan coalition of 43 other attorneys general reached an agreement with Laboratory Corporation of America (Labcorp) following a 2019 breach at its debt-collection vendor, AMCA, that potentially exposed personal information of more than 27.5 million people. Labcorp will pay $2,287,455 to the states and implement extensive security and vendor-risk reforms.

Remedy

Labcorp will pay $2,287,455 to the states, improve its information security program, establish an incident response plan addressing vendor breaches, minimize data sharing with vendors, and expand vendor risk management. It must impose cybersecurity requirements on collection agencies through contracts, segment data, require assessments and audits, include termination rights for noncompliance, and retain an external assessor to evaluate information security and vendor risk management.

Monetary PenaltyCompliance ProgramAudit RequirementReporting Requirements

Contract Impact

Review vendor and business associate agreements with collection agencies and other service providers for clear security standards, prompt notice of suspected or confirmed incidents, cooperation with incident response, data minimization and segregation obligations, and rights to assess, audit, and verify compliance. Include termination rights for security noncompliance and ensure customer-facing privacy and data-processing terms accurately describe what information is shared with vendors and why. Employee agreements are not directly implicated, but internal policies and responsibilities should support escalation of vendor breach notices.

Contract Search Terms

vendor cybersecurity requirementsvendor breach notificationvendor risk assessmentthird-party security auditdata minimizationdata segmentationincident response planvendor termination for noncompliancesubprocessor security obligations

Violation Types

Entity Details

Entity

Laboratory Corporation of America

Industry

Healthcare

Multistate Coalition

Official Sources

Source Evidence

Entity Name
"Laboratory Corporation of America (Labcorp)"
Fine Amount
"Labcorp pagará $2,287,455 dólares a los estados"
Violation Types
"tras una brecha de seguridad de datos ocurrida en 2019 que afectó a millones de clientes de la compañía."
Violation Types
"exponiendo potencialmente la información personal de más de 27.5 millones de personas en todo el país, incluidos 10.2 millones de pacientes de Labcorp"

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