United States:
Judge Approves $115 Million Data Breach Settlement Against Health Insurer
29 October 2018
by
Jeremy S. Close
,
Meredith Collier
,
David R. Coogan
,
Jeffrey Scott Connell
,
Jennifer Everett
,
Nicolas Hidalgo
,
Richard Johnson
,
Laura Lim
,
Daniel McLoon
,
Mary Alexander Myers
,
Mauricio Paez
,
Nicole Perry
,
Aaron Tso
and
Anand Varadarajan
Jones Day
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On August 15, a federal judge in California issued an
order giving final approval for a $115 million settlement that
ends a consumer class action against a health insurance company.
The
complaint alleged that a data breach experienced by the company
in 2015 put at risk the personal information of 79 million
consumers.
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