Data Breach and Data Privacy

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Overview

Our lives are online, and with that comes the potential for both data breaches and the misuse of personal information. When companies fail to protect personal data and health information, hackers and criminals can steal your identity, causing financial harm. When corporations fail to follow privacy laws or implement ethical practices, the impact on your life can be profound. Personal data is misused far too often, and legal actions are increasing as a result.

Data breach and privacy cases can arise if:

  • An organization that collects data is hacked and personal information is stolen
  • A company sells information about you to another firm or organization
  • Smart devices collect information you did not authorize them to collect
  • A website or internet tracker (e.g., session replay, chat widgets, advertising pixels) captures or intercepts your interactions and information in ways that violate federal or state law

Data breach and data privacy laws are complex, but the harms are straightforward — data exposure, misuse, lost time, and financial risk for millions of Americans.

Understanding Data Breaches and Data Privacy Infractions

Data breaches occur when information you gave one company ends up in someone else’s hands through hacking, insecure storage, or similar failures. Consequences can include identity theft risks, account takeovers, fraud-related costs and time losses.

Data privacy violations do not involve an unauthorized third party. Rather, they arise when a trusted business or healthcare organization, after receiving your data, intentionally discloses, sells, or provides it to a third party.

Often, the motive is advertising, as companies share information with social media platforms or advertisers to deliver targeted ads. Privacy laws exist to regulate such transfers, but many companies and providers fail to comply, disregarding consumers’ and patients’ privacy interests.

What To Do After a Breach

If you know or suspect you have been the victim of a data breach, here are three things to do:

  • Save any notice letters, email, and screenshots related to the incident
  • Change passwords and enable multi-factor authentication on key accounts
  • Place a fraud alert and consider a credit freeze with the major credit bureaus

How Our Attorneys Can Help

Our firm represents consumers nationwide, prosecuting class actions and large-scale mass arbitrations against companies in healthcare, financial services, technology, and other consumer-facing sectors. We hold organizations accountable when they fail to safeguard data or use it improperly.

You need attorneys with the technical and legal acumen and experience to represent you in data breach and data privacy cases. These cases need to be invested quickly and critical evidence has to be preserved to pursue compensation and injunctive relief requiring stronger security and privacy practices. Our focus is to obtain compensation for those harmed and to deter future violations through accountability and court-ordered improvements.

Do You Have a Case?

If your personal or health information was exposed in a data breach or shared with third parties without proper consent, you may have a case. Contact us with an overview of your experience so we can advise you on next steps. Call 844-201-2929 or complete the short form below.

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