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23andMe Reaches Proposed Settlement in Data Breach Class Action

In November 2023, a class action lawsuit was filed against the genetic testing company, 23andMe. The plaintiffs alleged that a data breach resulted in the unauthorized disclosure of 6.9 million users’ personal and genetic information, including their names, contact information, ancestry reports, and DNA matches. Despite the fact that the breach began in April 2023 and lasted several months, the plaintiffs alleged that 23andMe failed to warn its users of the breach until October 2023 thereby causing further harm.

Although the parties began the arbitration process, the parties asked the US District Court for the Northern District […]

By Matthew D. Berkowitz|2024-09-23T12:11:01-04:00September 23rd, 2024|Practice Areas: General|Topics: 23 and me, Class Action, Data Breach, matthew d. Berkowitz, sasha magruder|

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Zoom Facing Class Action Lawsuits Over Data Breaches and Privacy Violations

Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, individuals and businesses have gotten creative about how to gather and meet for everything from company meetings to happy hours to high school reunions and weddings. While applications like Skype and FaceTime have been popular for years, Zoom is the program that is on the tip of everyone’s tongue—mainly because it allows numerous people to meet and talk to each other via video link all at the same time. Originally developed as a video-conferencing program for businesses, Zoom, for the first time, is now serving individual users for activities having nothing to […]

By Brian O’Shea and Gabriela Chambi|2020-04-20T11:40:00-04:00April 20th, 2020|Practice Areas: Class Action, Cybersecurity & Privacy|Topics: Data Breach, Data Security|

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Steps to Protect Your Business From a COVID-19 Cyber-Attack

In light of COVID-19 and the world’s current climate, it is more important than ever to take additional precautions against cyber-attacks and data breaches. As more and more employees are working from home, the number of cyber-attacks and data breaches, along with the potential class action lawsuits, have significantly increased over the last several weeks. Many of these cyber-attacks have come through phishing emails, which result in the compromise of the user’s account and computer. The following are few red-flags that businesses and employees should be aware of to guard against an attack and a likely […]

By Matthew D. Berkowitz and Haben Yemane|2020-04-09T09:43:01-04:00April 1st, 2020|Practice Areas: Cybersecurity & Privacy|Topics: Best Practices, Cybersecurity, Data Breach|

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