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Square Faces Lawsuit Over Misfired Medical Receipt

Posted on July 9, 2019June 24, 2025 by Dissent

Peter Rudegeair reports:

A California man accused Square Inc. of violating privacy laws after the payments company mistakenly forwarded a digital receipt containing details of his medical history to one of his friends.

A. Trent Ruark, a resident of San Diego County, paid a bill in early May at a health-care provider that used a Square device to process credit cards, his attorneys said in a filing in state court in May.

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