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
Illuminate Education, Inc. suffered a data breach in 2021 due to security failures, exposing sensitive student data including medical conditions across millions of students. The company has agreed to pay $5.1 million in settlements to California, Connecticut, and New York and implement injunctive relief to strengthen data security practices.
$5.1M
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a $1.55 million settlement with Healthline Media LLC for CCPA violations. Healthline failed to honor opt-out requests, shared consumer data including health-related article titles with third parties, and used deceptive privacy practices. The settlement includes injunctive relief and a compliance program.
$1.6M
Anthem, Inc. settled with California for $8.69 million over a 2014 data breach that exposed personal information of 78 million consumers, including 13.5 million Californians. The breach resulted from security deficiencies, and the settlement includes injunctive relief to improve information security practices. This action was part of a parallel multistate settlement.
$8.7M
Premera Blue Cross suffered a data breach in 2014 that exposed personal and medical information of 10.5 million consumers. As part of a multistate settlement, Premera agreed to pay $10 million in civil penalties and implement security improvements and a compliance program. California will receive over $1 million from the settlement.
$10.0M
Cottage Health System experienced two data breaches exposing medical information of over 50,000 patients due to inadequate security measures. The settlement requires a $2 million penalty and upgrades to security practices, including designating a Chief Privacy Officer.
$2.0M
All data sourced from official government enforcement pages.