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
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.
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.
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.
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
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a $6.75 million settlement with software company Blackbaud over a 2020 data breach that exposed consumers' personal information including Social Security numbers, bank account details, and medical data. Blackbaud was found to have inadequate data security practices, failed to timely and accurately notify impacted individuals of the breach, and made misleading public disclosures about the breach and its pre-breach security measures. The settlement requires Blackbaud to pay penalties and implement enhanced data security and breach notification protocols.
$6.8M
Signature Performance, Inc. (Business Associate, NE) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 130,228 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Panorama Eyecare (Healthcare Provider, CO) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 377,911 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group, LLC (Healthcare Provider, PA) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 252,214 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Tri-City Healthcare District (Healthcare Provider, CA) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 108,149 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong filed a lawsuit against Altice for charging unlawful 'Network Enhancement Fees' and failing to adequately disclose internet speed limits. The complaint seeks to stop the fees, recover millions for consumers, and address deceptive marketing practices including language barriers.
Watson Clinic (Healthcare Provider, FL) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 280,278 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Medical Express Ambulance Inc. D/B/A Medex Ambulance (Healthcare Provider, IL) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 121,190 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
United Seating and Mobility, L.L.C., d/b/a Numotion (Healthcare Provider, TN) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 602,265 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Kootenai Health (Healthcare Provider, ID) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 464,088 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
NorthBay Healthcare Corporation (Healthcare Provider, CA) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 569,012 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
The FTC settled with telehealth firm Cerebral, Inc. for sharing sensitive consumer mental health data with third parties like LinkedIn, Snapchat, and TikTok for advertising without proper consent, employing sloppy security practices, and misleading consumers about cancellation policies. Cerebral must pay over $7 million (with $2 million due upfront), is permanently banned from using health information for most advertising, must implement a comprehensive privacy program, delete unnecessary data, and provide easy cancellation.
$7.0M
Monument, Inc., an alcohol addiction treatment firm, shared consumers' health data with third-party advertising platforms like Meta and Google without consent, despite promising confidentiality. The FTC settled with a consent order that bans Monument from disclosing health data for advertising, requires affirmative consent for other sharing, imposes a $2.5 million suspended fine, and mandates data deletion, consumer notification, and a privacy program.
$2.5M
Delta Health System (Healthcare Provider, MS) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 216,532 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
The FTC settled charges that Rite Aid deployed AI facial recognition technology in hundreds of stores from 2012 to 2020 without reasonable safeguards, resulting in false-positive matches that disproportionately harmed women and people of color. The proposed order bans Rite Aid from using facial recognition for surveillance for five years and requires comprehensive biometric data safeguards, data deletion, consumer notifications, and a certified security program.
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced a multistate settlement where Morgan Stanley will pay $1.27 million to NJ over data security incidents that compromised personal information of over 755,000 NJ residents and millions nationwide. The incidents involved improper decommissioning of devices and a software flaw, leading to unauthorized access. The settlement requires Morgan Stanley to strengthen its data security and disposal procedures.
$1.3M
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.
$6.5M
A coalition of 42 attorneys general filed a federal lawsuit against Meta, alleging that the company designed addictive features that harm youth mental health and violated COPPA by collecting children's data without parental consent. The lawsuit seeks injunctive relief, monetary penalties, and restitution.
New Jersey, leading a coalition of 41 other attorneys general, sued Meta for knowingly designing addictive Instagram and Facebook features targeting children and teens while falsely claiming the platforms were safe. The lawsuit alleges Meta collected personal data from users under 13 without parental consent, violating the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and state consumer protection laws like the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong expanded the complaint against Stone Academy, alleging its owners siphoned millions for personal luxury while students were denied promised education and clinical training. Revenues surged during the pandemic, but exam pass rates fell and students lacked textbooks and qualified teachers. The AG seeks civil penalties, restitution, and a receiver to protect assets for student relief.
The FTC settled with background report providers TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate, charging they deceived consumers about the accuracy of their reports (often mischaracterizing traffic tickets as criminal records) and violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by operating as consumer reporting agencies without following its requirements, including ensuring accuracy and limiting permissible purposes. The companies will pay a $5.8 million penalty and implement a comprehensive FCRA compliance monitoring program.
$5.8M
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong sued Stone Academy, its owner Joseph Bierbaum, and Paier College of Art for violating the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act by deceiving students about the nursing program's quality, clinical hours, and faculty qualifications while diverting funds to other businesses. The lawsuit seeks millions in civil penalties, restitution for students, disgorgement of profits, appointment of a receiver, and attachment of assets including Bierbaum's mansion.
BetterHelp agreed to pay $7.8 million to settle FTC allegations that it used and shared consumers' health data for advertising without consent. The online therapy provider is banned from such practices and must provide refunds to approximately 800,000 affected consumers.
$7.8M
The FTC charged Ring LLC with allowing employees to access private customer videos without consent and failing to secure user accounts, leading to hackers controlling cameras. Under a proposed consent order, Ring must pay $5.8 million in refunds, delete unlawfully accessed data, and implement a privacy and security program.
$5.8M
EyeMed Vision Care suffered a data breach in June 2020 due to poor security practices, including shared passwords, exposing personal and medical information of approximately 2.1 million individuals. The multistate settlement imposes a $2.5 million penalty and requires EyeMed to implement enhanced security measures and comply with privacy laws.
$2.5M
All data sourced from official government enforcement pages.