On October 10, 2023, District Court Judge Vince Chhabria, issued an order granting final approval of the $725 million class action settlement in In re: Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation. No. 3:18-md-02843-VC. The settlement represents the largest recovery ever achieved in a data privacy class action and the most Facebook has ever paid to resolve a private class action. Once the appeal period has run, the order paves the way for the Settlement Administrator, Angeion Group, to begin distributing payments to the millions of class members who filed claims.

Between February 26, 2023 and March 7, 2023, the largest dental insurer in the nation, Managed Care of North America (MCNA), was subjected to a ransomware attack which compromised the personal and private health information of nearly nine million people across the United States.  
 

Facebook User Plaintiffs and Defendant Facebook have agreed to resolve In re: Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile Litig., No. 3:18-md-02843-VC, the class action arising out of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, for $725 million—the largest settlement ever of a privacy class action in the United States.

On Friday, August 26, 2022, Facebook User Plaintiffs and Defendant Facebook informed the court that they have reached a settlement in principle in the action In re: Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile Litig., No. 3:18-md-02843-VC.

Keller Rohrback is investigating the recent Flagstar Bank data breach that resulted in the theft of over 1.5 million customers’ names, personal identification, and Social Security numbers.

In December 2020 and January 2021, cybercriminals exploited a weakness in file transfer software provided by Accellion that is used by many universities, hospitals, and other organizations. The cybercriminals accessed documents that included academic transcripts, medical records, employment contracts, and financial information, then made that information available to download on a website called CLOP that is run by cybercriminals. This breach put the personal information—including Social Security numbers and medical information—of more than one million people at risk of identity theft and fraud. If you have been notified that your data was compromised, please contact us at (800) 776-6044 or dataprivacy@kellerrohrback.com.

If your organization or an organization to which you have donated was involved in the hack of Blackbaud, please contact Keller Rohrback’s data privacy litigation team at (800) 776-6044 or dataprivacy@kellerrohrback.com.