MGM Resorts will pay $45 million to settle a consolidated data breach lawsuit stemming from a 2019 data leak and a 2023 ransomware attack that exposed the PII of 37 million people.
23andMe's defense as regards data privacy laws is essentially to claim that a data breach did not actually occur, given that the incident stemmed from the failure of certain users to change passwords that had been exposed elsewhere.
Google's bid to get rid of a class action lawsuit involving its "Incognito Mode" took a serious blow in a California court, as a judge denied the company's request for a summary judgment and said that the consumer privacy concerns raised by the company's data handling were fit for trial.
A class action lawsuit accuses Oracle of creating “global surveillance” profiles for five billion people worldwide, attaching things like purchase records and GPS locations to their name and contact information.
Risk of losing a class action lawsuit after experiencing a ransomware attack increases if the enterprise in question was negligent with personal data that was compromised, and it can be proven in court.
