HealthEquity data breach class action lawsuit overview:ย
- Who: Colin Booth filed a class action lawsuit against HealthEquity Inc.ย
- Why: Booth claims HealthEquity failed to properly safeguard and secure the personally identifiable information of its customers during a data breach that happened in or about last month.ย
- Where: The HealthEquity class action lawsuit was filed in Utah federal court.ย
A new class action lawsuit claims HealthEquity failed to properly safeguard and secure the personally identifiable information (PII) of its customers during a data breach around last month.ย
Plaintiff Colin Booth claims HealthEquity failed to protect the customer data while having a legal and equitable duty to safeguard it from unauthorized access and intrusion.ย
โDefendant failed to adequately protect Plaintiffโs and Class Members PIIโโand failed to even encrypt or redact this highly sensitive information,โ the HealthEquity class action says.ย
Booth wants to represent a nationwide class of individuals whose PII was accessed or acquired by an unauthorized party as a result of the HealthEquity data breach in or about July 2024.ย
HealthEquity customers now at ongoing risk of identity theft, class action claims
Information exposed in the data breach included HealthEquity customersโ names, addresses, phone numbers, employee IDs, employers, dependent information, payment card information and Social Security numbers, according to the HealthEquity class action.ย
Booth argues hackers targeted this information to use it to exploit and steal the identities of the HealthEquity customers, who he claims are now at a present and continued risk of identity theft and fraud and will remain so โfor their respective lifetimes.โย
โThis unencrypted, unredacted PII was compromised due to Defendantโs negligent and/or careless acts and omissions and its utter failure to protect customersโ sensitive data,โ the HealthEquity class action says.ย
Booth claims HealthEquity is guilty of negligence and negligence per se, breach of contract and unjust enrichment. He demands a jury trial and requests declaratory and injunctive relief and an award of actual, statutory, nominal, and consequential damages for himself and all class members.ย
HealthEquity, in a notice filed with the Maine attorney generalโs office, said the data breach affected 4.3 million customers and attributed the incident โ which the company says occurred in March and was discovered in June โ to a vendorโs user accounts becoming compromised.ย
Were you affected by the HealthEquity data breach? Let us know in the comments.
The plaintiff is represented by Jason R. Hull of Marshall Olson & Hull, P.C. and Gary M. Klinger of Milberg Coleman Bryson Philips Grossman PLLC.ย
The HealthEquity data breach class action lawsuit is Booth, et al. v. HealthEquity Inc., Case No. 2:24-cv-00553, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah.
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33 thoughts onHealthEquity class action alleges co. failed to secure customer data
I received a letter from HealthEquity. The letter is dated August 23, 2024.
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I received the letter at my residence on September 8, 2024
I am alarmed by the unauthorized access to my PII for the following reasons:
Negligence: HealthEquity may have been negligent in its security practices, failing to take reasonable steps to protect my data.
Breach of contract: My contract with HealthEquity may have included terms regarding data security that were violated.
Violation of consumer protection laws: The breach may have violated state or federal consumer protection laws.
Health Equity sent me a letter regarding my information being apart of the data breach. Please add me to this class action suit
Add me too please my son is all over the dark web because of them and the leak allowed someone to access my TurboTax account and remove my entire $8k tax return. Incredibly hurt my credit
My first name, last name, address, telephone number, employee ID number, employer, ss#, my kids information thatโs a huge risk my kids are minors thatโs illegal. Me and my family are all in DANGER due to HealthEquity competency.
The dates. March 25 2024, June 10 2024, June 26 2024.
The date on my letter is August 9, 2024 but I didnโt receive my letter until September 4 2024. The security breach took place in March 2024. Why am I just being notified about my personal and my dependents information being hacked?
My personal information has been stolen due to a unsecured data breach. One of your vendors how many vendors do you have thatโs unsecured? Wageworks and Further Operations LLC is part of this unsecured network hold them accountable. Stored in an unstructured data repository outside our core system? Who gave permission to store my personal information to an outside core system where is my signature for allowing this? My first name, last name, address, telephone number, employee ID number, employer, ss#, my kids information thatโs a huge risk my kids are minors thatโs illegal. Once again who gave permission to store my personal and my dependents information in an unstructured unsecured data repository core system? Please add me and my dependents to this Top Class action lawsuit.
Received letter fron healthequity stating my phi had been released. Keepme updated
I would like to stay informed about the Health Equity breach.
I would like to stay informed about the Health Equity breach.
I received a letter and would like to be kept informed