1,447 enforcement actions from 16 federal and state jurisdictions. Every event traced back to its official government source.
1,447
Total Actions
16
Jurisdictions
$26.1B+
Total Fines Tracked
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced a $795,000 settlement with Peabody Properties, Inc. for failing to protect personal information and delaying breach notifications after multiple data breaches exposed nearly 14,000 residents' sensitive data. The consent decree requires payment to the Commonwealth and implementation of comprehensive cybersecurity measures.
$795K
New York Attorney General Letitia James reached a $250,000 settlement with National Amusements, Inc. after an investigation found the movie theater operator failed to implement adequate data security, leading to a breach exposing personal information of over 23,000 New York employees. The company also violated the New York Shield Act by delaying notification to affected individuals for more than a year after the breach. As part of the settlement, National Amusements must pay the penalty and implement enhanced cybersecurity measures including encryption, password policies, and an incident response plan.
$250K
New York Attorney General Letitia James reached a settlement with Albany ENT & Allergy Services (AENT) over two 2023 ransomware attacks that compromised the medical records of over 200,000 New Yorkers. The OAG found AENT failed to maintain reasonable data security safeguards, inadequately oversaw third-party security vendors, and initially failed to disclose all exposed consumer data to the state. AENT will pay $1 million in penalties (with $500,000 suspended pending $2.25 million in security investments) and implement comprehensive data security measures including encryption, multi-factor authentication, and vendor oversight.
$1.0M
The FTC charged Easy Healthcare Corporation, operator of the Premom fertility app, with deceiving users by sharing their sensitive health data with third parties for advertising without consent and failing to notify breaches as required by the Health Breach Notification Rule. Under a proposed consent decree, the company will pay a $100,000 civil penalty, be barred from sharing health data for advertising, and must implement privacy and security measures.
$100K
The FTC finalized an order against CafePress for failing to secure consumer data and covering up a data breach. The company must implement comprehensive security measures, and its former owner must pay $500,000 in redress to victims.
$500K
ATA Consulting LLC, operating as Best Medical Transcription, settled for $200,000 over a 2016 server misconfiguration that publicly exposed health records of up to 1,654 patients. The settlement includes civil penalties and permanently bars the owner from operating a business in New Jersey. The breach violated HIPAA and the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act due to inadequate security and failure to promptly notify affected individuals.
$200K
All data sourced from official government enforcement pages.