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Privacy Enforcement Tracker

1,634 enforcement actions from 16 federal and state jurisdictions. Every event traced back to its official government source.

1,634

Total Actions

16

Jurisdictions

$49.9B+

Total Fines Tracked

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NYSettlementMultistate

Laboratory Corporation of America (Labcorp)

Labcorp agreed to pay $2,287,455 and make security and vendor-management reforms following a 2019 breach of its debt collector AMCA that potentially exposed personal information of more than 27.5 million people, including Labcorp patients’ sensitive medical information. The settlement requires stronger security and incident response practices, limits on vendor data sharing, enhanced vendor oversight, contractual cybersecurity requirements, and an independent security assessment.

HighData BreachSecurity FailureHealth Data

$2.3M

NYSettlementMultistate

Laboratory Corporation of America

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.

HighData BreachSecurity FailureHealth Data

$2.3M

NYSettlementMultistate

Illuminate Education, Inc.(Illuminate Education)

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.

HighData BreachStudent DataSecurity Failure

$5.1M

NYSettlementMultistate

Enzo Biochem, Inc.(Enzo Biochem)

New York Attorney General Letitia James, along with the Attorneys General of Connecticut and New Jersey, settled with Enzo Biochem, Inc. for $4.5 million over a 2023 ransomware attack that exposed health and personal data of 2.4 million patients, including 1.4 million New York residents. The investigation found Enzo had inadequate data security practices, including shared employee login credentials, lack of multi-factor authentication, no suspicious activity monitoring, and unencrypted personal information. As part of the settlement, Enzo will pay the penalty and implement enhanced cybersecurity measures including MFA, encryption, risk assessments, and an incident response plan.

HighData BreachHealth DataSecurity Failure

$4.5M

NYSettlementMultistate

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC(Morgan Stanley)

Morgan Stanley failed to properly decommission computer devices containing unencrypted customer data, leading to the sale of devices with personal information at auction and missing servers with potential data. A multistate coalition secured a $6.5 million settlement requiring Morgan Stanley to implement enhanced data security measures.

HighSecurity FailureData Breach

$6.5M

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