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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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COSettlementMultistate

Block, Inc.

Attorney General Phil Weiser announced a $45 million multistate settlement with Block, Inc., the company behind Cash App, for misleading consumers about the safety of the platform and failing to protect users from fraud. The settlement requires Block to implement antifraud measures, provide customer support, and stop deceptive marketing practices.

HighSecurity FailureNotice FailureConsent Failure

$45.0M

MNSettlementMultistate

Block, Inc.

Attorney General Keith Ellison announced a $45 million multistate settlement with Block, Inc., the company behind Cash App. The settlement resolves allegations that Block misled consumers about the safety of Cash App, failed to protect users from fraud, and did not provide promised fraud protection and resolution. Block agreed to implement responsible practices including maintaining customer support, offering live support, stopping misleading claims, and fulfilling legal obligations to investigate fraud and reimburse users.

HighSecurity FailureNotice FailureConsent Failure

$45.0M

NJGuidance

New Jersey Bureau of Securities

The New Jersey Bureau of Securities announced its 2026 annual investment adviser examination, with a particular focus on firms' use of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity protocols. The examination requires nearly 800 registered investment adviser firms to answer questions about AI use in portfolio management, data protection policies, and third-party vendor due diligence. Failure to comply may result in administrative action.

LowSecurity FailureAI/Automated Decisions
FTCSettlement

Illuminate Education Inc.

The FTC finalized a consent order against Illuminate Education Inc. for failing to secure students' personal data, leading to a breach affecting 10.1 million students. The order requires Illuminate to implement a data security program, delete unnecessary data, and limit data collection, but imposes no monetary penalty.

LowSecurity FailureData BreachChildren's Data
TXInvestigation

Drone Nerds, LLC

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton initiated an investigation into Drone Nerds, LLC over its partnership with CCP-affiliated Anzu Robotics, which markets drones with concealed surveillance capabilities and unauthorized data collection risks. Drone Nerds is accused of deceiving Texas consumers by misrepresenting Anzu’s ties to China and falsely claiming the drones are U.S.-based with secure privacy practices. The investigation is being conducted under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, with a Civil Investigative Demand issued to gather evidence of consumer deception and privacy violations.

LowSecurity FailureUnauthorized Data Sharing
OREnforcement ActionMultistate

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)

Environmental enforcement action where Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, along with a coalition of states and cities, filed a lawsuit challenging the EPA's unlawful rescission of the 2009 Endangerment Finding on greenhouse gas emissions. The challenge argues that the rescission ignores scientific evidence and legal precedent, threatening public health and environmental protections.

LowSecurity Failure
OREnforcement ActionMultistate

Department of Education

Privacy enforcement action where Oregon AG and a coalition of 16 other states sue the Trump Administration to stop the Department of Education's new IPEDS data reporting requirements, arguing they jeopardize student privacy, lack proper definitions, and risk data errors and identification.

LowUnauthorized Data SharingNotice FailureSecurity Failure
OREnforcement Action

Devon T. Horace(Alberta Main Street)

Consumer protection case involving theft of charitable funds. Former Alberta Main Street president Devon T. Horace pleaded no contest to theft and falsifying business records, paid $85,080.95 in restitution, and was sentenced to probation and community service.

LowSecurity Failure
HHSEnforcement Action

BMG of Kansas, Inc.

BMG of Kansas, Inc. (Health Plan, KS) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 1,327 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.

LowData BreachHealth DataSecurity Failure
HHSEnforcement Action

Manhattan Retirement Foundation d/b/a Meadowlark Hills

Manhattan Retirement Foundation d/b/a Meadowlark Hills (Healthcare Provider, KS) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 14,442 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.

MediumData BreachHealth DataSecurity Failure
HHSEnforcement Action

AltaMed Health Services Corporation

AltaMed Health Services Corporation (Healthcare Provider, CA) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 501 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.

LowData BreachHealth DataSecurity Failure
MNSettlement

Fleet Farm

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison settled a lawsuit against Fleet Farm for negligently selling at least 37 firearms to two straw purchasers over 16 months, one of which was used in a fatal shooting. The $1 million settlement requires Fleet Farm to implement significant policy changes, pay the penalty, and publicly disclose 694 internal documents now housed in UCSF's Industry Documents Library.

MediumSecurity Failure

$1.0M

HHSEnforcement Action

Couve Healthcare Consulting, LLC DBA Evergreen Healthcare Group

Couve Healthcare Consulting, LLC DBA Evergreen Healthcare Group (Business Associate, WA) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 11,795 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Electronic Medical Record.

MediumData BreachHealth DataSecurity Failure
HHSEnforcement Action

QualDerm Partners, LLC

QualDerm Partners, LLC (Healthcare Provider, TN) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 3,117,874 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.

CriticalData BreachHealth DataSecurity Failure
HHSEnforcement Action

The Center for Advanced Eye Care

The Center for Advanced Eye Care (Healthcare Provider, ME) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 9,300 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server, Other.

LowData BreachHealth DataSecurity Failure
HHSEnforcement Action

Option Care Health, Inc.

Option Care Health, Inc. (Healthcare Provider, IL) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 2,086 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Email.

LowData BreachHealth DataSecurity Failure
TXEnforcement Action

PDD Holdings, Inc. and WhaleCo Inc. d/b/a Temu

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against PDD Holdings, Inc. and WhaleCo Inc., doing business as Temu, for deceptive marketing and unlawful covert harvesting of Texans’ personal data that was exposed to the Chinese Communist Party. The suit alleges Temu functions as a 'trojan horse' e-commerce app that bypasses security protocols to create a backdoor into users’ private data, which is stored on servers in China. The lawsuit seeks monetary relief under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, including up to $10,000 per violation and up to $250,000 per violation targeting consumers aged 65 or older.

LowConsent FailureUnauthorized Data SharingSecurity Failure
TXEnforcement Action

PDD Holdings, Inc. and WhaleCo Inc.(Temu)

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Temu (PDD Holdings, Inc. and WhaleCo Inc.) for deceptive marketing practices and illegally harvesting Texans' personal data, which was then exposed to the Chinese Communist Party. The suit seeks monetary damages under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, with potential penalties of up to $10,000 per violation and higher for seniors. This is part of a broader effort to hold CCP-aligned companies accountable.

LowUnauthorized Data SharingSecurity Failure
HHSEnforcement Action

VNS Behavioral Health Inc. (“VNS Health”)

VNS Behavioral Health Inc. (“VNS Health”) (Healthcare Provider, NY) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 739 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Email.

LowData BreachHealth DataSecurity Failure
HHSEnforcement Action

Emanuel Medical Center

Emanuel Medical Center (Healthcare Provider, GA) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 28,963 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.

MediumData BreachHealth DataSecurity Failure
TXEnforcement Action

TP-Link Systems Inc.(TP-Link)

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against TP-Link Systems Inc. for deceptively marketing its networking devices and enabling the Chinese Communist Party to access American consumers' devices. The lawsuit alleges that TP Link's products have been used by PRC state-sponsored hackers and that the company is subject to Chinese laws requiring data disclosure. This is part of a coordinated effort to hold China-aligned companies accountable under Texas law.

LowUnauthorized Data SharingSecurity Failure
HHSEnforcement Action

44North

44North (Business Associate, MI) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 2,158 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Desktop Computer.

LowData BreachHealth DataSecurity Failure
HHSEnforcement Action

Easterseals Northeast Indiana

Easterseals Northeast Indiana (Healthcare Provider, IN) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 3,158 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.

LowData BreachHealth DataSecurity Failure
OREnforcement Action

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement(ICE)

Civil rights enforcement action where Oregon Attorney General submitted evidence supporting a lawsuit against federal agents for excessive use of force and First Amendment violations during protests at the Portland ICE building. The AG urges the court to issue a preliminary injunction to stop unlawful crowd-control measures.

LowSecurity Failure
HHSEnforcement Action

Wee Care Pediatrics, LLC

Wee Care Pediatrics, LLC (Healthcare Provider, UT) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 2,127 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.

LowData BreachHealth DataSecurity Failure
HHSEnforcement Action

National Association on Drug Abuse Problems

National Association on Drug Abuse Problems (Healthcare Provider, NY) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 90,000 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.

MediumData BreachHealth DataSecurity Failure
HHSEnforcement Action

Cedar Valley Services

Cedar Valley Services (Healthcare Provider, MN) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 501 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.

LowData BreachHealth DataSecurity Failure
HHSEnforcement Action

Academic Urology & Urogynecology of Arizona

Academic Urology & Urogynecology of Arizona (Healthcare Provider, AZ) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 73,281 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.

MediumData BreachHealth DataSecurity Failure
HHSEnforcement Action

Resource Corporation of America

Resource Corporation of America (Business Associate, TX) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 501 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.

LowData BreachHealth DataSecurity Failure
HHSEnforcement Action

VPS Medical PLLC

VPS Medical PLLC (Healthcare Provider, PA) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 4,600 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.

LowData BreachHealth DataSecurity Failure

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