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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey agreed to pay $926,803 in civil penalties and implement a corrective action plan to settle allegations that it failed to encrypt laptops containing protected health information, violating HIPAA/HITECH and the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act.
$927K
The New Jersey Attorney General and FTC settled with app developer Equiliv Investments and Ryan Ramminger for distributing the Prized app that contained malware to mine cryptocurrency without user consent. The settlement prohibits such activities, requires record-keeping for 20 years, and imposes a $5,200 penalty with an additional $44,800 suspended.
$5K
The California Attorney General filed a complaint against Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. for improperly disposing of patient medical records containing protected health information. The records, including diagnoses and lab results, were found discarded at a recycling facility, violating patient privacy. The action alleges breaches of the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act.
In 2013, the California Attorney General filed a complaint against Citibank, N.A. alleging that the bank failed to implement adequate security measures and did not properly notify customers about a data breach exposing personal and financial information. The complaint asserts violations of California's data breach notification law.
All data sourced from official government enforcement pages.