1,285 enforcement actions from 14 federal and state jurisdictions. Every event traced back to its official government source.
1,285
Total Actions
14
Jurisdictions
$35.3B+
Total Fines Tracked
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, along with California and New York Attorneys General, settled with Illuminate Education, Inc. for failing to protect student data in a breach that exposed personal information of millions of students. The settlement, the first under Connecticut's Student Data Privacy Law, requires Illuminate to pay $5.1 million and implement enhanced cybersecurity measures.
$5.1M
New York, California, and Connecticut attorneys general reached a $5.1 million settlement with educational technology company Illuminate Education, Inc. for failing to protect student data, resulting in a 2022 breach exposing millions of students’ personal information. The investigation found Illuminate failed to implement basic security measures including data encryption, suspicious activity monitoring, and proper decommissioning of inactive user accounts, and did not delete student data when required by contracts. Illuminate must pay the penalty and implement enhanced data security measures including a comprehensive information security program, encryption of student data, and annual notice to schools about data collection and deletion options.
$5.1M
Blackbaud, a software company, suffered a data breach in 2020 due to inadequate security measures and made misleading statements about the breach and its security practices. California Attorney General Rob Bonta secured a $6.75 million settlement requiring Blackbaud to pay penalties and implement enhanced data security and breach notification protocols.
$6.8M
The FTC charged Ring LLC with allowing employees to access private customer videos without consent and failing to secure user accounts, leading to hackers controlling cameras. Under a proposed consent order, Ring must pay $5.8 million in refunds, delete unlawfully accessed data, and implement a privacy and security program.
$5.8M
New Jersey participated in a multi-state settlement resolving an investigation into a 2017 data breach at Sabre Hospitality Solutions. Intruders accessed the company's hotel booking system from August 2016 to March 2017, compromising data from over 1.3 million consumer credit cards, including CVV numbers and expiration dates. Sabre failed to promptly notify affected consumers. The $2.4 million settlement requires Sabre to implement enhanced data security measures, develop a breach notification plan, clarify contractual responsibilities with client hotels, and undergo third-party security assessments.
$2.4M
The New Jersey Attorney General announced an investigation into how the personal information of millions of Facebook users was harvested and obtained by Cambridge Analytica, a UK-based data analytics company. The AG expressed concern that Facebook may have allowed the harvesting and monetization of user data despite promises to keep it secure.
All data sourced from official government enforcement pages.