Cassandre Coyer reports: Genetic testing company Gene by Gene Ltd. was hit with a proposed class action accusing it of sharing the DNA testing results of more than 10,000 customers with Alphabet Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc. without their knowledge or consent. Gene by Gene, which conducts business as FamilyTreeDNA, deployed tracking tools—often called pixels—on its website to share…
Category: Breaches
GoodRx Agrees to Pay $25 Million Settlement for Privacy Violations
GoodRx settled FTC charges for $1.5 million, but it wasn’t so lucky with a class action lawsuit. Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: The telehealth and prescription drug discount provider, GoodRx, recently agreed to pay $25 million to settle class action claims originating from the company’s unauthorized disclosure of consumers’ personal health information, according to recent filings…
Texas accuses data broker specializing in driver behavior of privacy law violations
Suzanne Smalley reports: Texas’ attorney general has accused the data broker Arity, which sells individual drivers’ behavior data to insurers, of sharing consumers’ information without clear notice or consent. The case is the latest Texas action highlighting how data protections can get murky when consumers use apps that track their behavior. In the past six weeks, six…
Watchdog urges Louisiana to investigate crisis pregnancy center over medical privacy breach
Rosemary Westwood reports: A nonprofit watchdog is asking Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill to investigate whether a New Iberia crisis pregnancy center broke state law after it appeared to post the full names, last menstrual periods, and other personal health information of 13 clients online, despite claiming that it follows federal health privacy laws. In…