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
Alabama Cardiovascular Group (Healthcare Provider, AL) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 280,534 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced an investigation into EnergyBillCruncher for making false claims that the government would cover solar installation costs, misusing the state seal, and creating false urgency. The investigation seeks information on the company's ownership, consumer interactions, and partnerships. This is part of broader actions against deceptive solar sales tactics.
Roseland Community Hospital Association (Healthcare Provider, IL) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 500 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Frilot L.L.C. (Business Associate, LA) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 501 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Consumer fraud enforcement against Financial Education Services for operating a credit repair pyramid scheme that defrauded consumers with false promises of easy credit fixes. The FTC secured a settlement in 2024 requiring $10.9 million in refunds to over 443,000 consumers and permanent bans on the operators.
$10.9M
Deer Oaks Behavioral Health (Healthcare Provider, TX) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 171,871 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a $1.4 billion settlement with Meta over the company’s decade-long unauthorized capture of Texans’ facial geometry via its Tag Suggestions feature, which used facial recognition software without providing notice or obtaining informed consent. The practices violated Texas’s Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (CUBI) and Deceptive Trade Practices Act, as Meta automatically enabled the feature for all Texans without explaining its functionality or seeking permission. This is the largest privacy settlement ever obtained by a single state attorney general, with Meta required to pay the penalty over five years and cease the unlawful biometric data practices.
$1.4B
Meta captured facial recognition data from millions of Texans without consent, violating Texas biometric privacy laws. The company agreed to pay $1.4 billion over five years to settle the case. This is the largest privacy settlement obtained by a single state.
$1.4B
Delta County Memorial Hospital District (Delta Health) (Healthcare Provider, CO) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 148,363 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
United of Omaha Life Insurance Company (Health Plan, NE) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 107,894 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Email.
Surgery Center of Mid Florida (Healthcare Provider, FL) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 48,684 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Sutton Dental Arts (Healthcare Provider, OR) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 4,109 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
EMS Department for the Kansas City, Kansas Fire Department (Healthcare Provider, KS) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 501 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Sun City Pediatrics, PA (Healthcare Provider, TX) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 4,500 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Change Healthcare, Inc. (Business Associate, MN) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 192,700,000 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Community Counseling of Bristol County, Inc. (Healthcare Provider, MA) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 44,991 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Fairfax Radiological Consultants (Healthcare Provider, VA) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 3,512 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong urged residents to enroll in free credit monitoring and identity theft protection following the Change Healthcare cyberattack in February 2024, which exposed sensitive health data. The breach potentially impacted up to one-third of Americans, but Change Healthcare has failed to provide individual notice to affected consumers. The AG joined other attorneys general in April 2024 to demand that UnitedHealth Group take more meaningful action to protect those harmed.
NGL Labs, LLC and its founders were sued by the FTC and Los Angeles DA for marketing an anonymous messaging app to children and teens, making false claims about AI content moderation, sending fake messages to boost engagement, and violating COPPA by collecting kids' data without parental consent. They must pay $5 million, with $500,000 as a civil penalty and $4.5 million for consumer redress, and are banned from offering the app to users under 18. The order requires age gates, data deletion, and prohibits false claims about AI and recurring charges.
$500K
School Employees' Benefit Trust (Health Plan, IN) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 1,371 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Palomar Health Medical Group (Healthcare Provider, CA) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 1,140,221 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Ascension Health (Healthcare Provider, MO) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 5,466,931 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Atlanta Perinatal Consultants, LLP (Healthcare Provider, GA) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 1,508 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Regional Obstetrical Consultants PC (Healthcare Provider, TN) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 25,650 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
The FTC settled with NGL for deceptively marketing its anonymous messaging app to children and teens, using fake messages to trick users into paid subscriptions without proper consent. The order banned marketing to users under 18 and required $4.5 million in refunds for unauthorized charges.
$4.5M
Georgia Kidney Associates, Inc. (Healthcare Provider, GA) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 9,940 individuals. Breach type: Theft. Location of breached information: Other.
The FTC finalized an order against Avast for selling consumers' web browsing data for advertising after promising privacy protection. Avast must pay $16.5 million, is banned from selling such data, must delete collected data, obtain consent, notify consumers, and implement a privacy program.
$16.5M
The Lash Group, LLC (Business Associate, PA) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 15,196 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Geisinger (Healthcare Provider, PA) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 1,276,026 individuals. Breach type: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Tilting Point Media LLC illegally collected and shared children's personal data in its mobile app game 'SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off' without parental consent, violating COPPA and CCPA. The settlement imposes a $500,000 civil penalty and injunctive terms to ensure compliance with children's data privacy laws.
$500K
All data sourced from official government enforcement pages.