Illinois Gastroenterology Group, PLLC faces a proposed class action in the wake of an October 2021 data breach during which patients’ sensitive personal information was reportedly exposed to unauthorized access.
According to the 31-page lawsuit, the breach was a direct result of the physicians’ group’s failure to adequately safeguard the information with which it was entrusted. The suit says the exposed data included consumers’ names; addresses; dates of birth; Social Security, driver’s license and passport numbers; financial account and payment card information; employee IDs, medical information and biometric data.