Data breaches can compromise peoples’ personal information, risking financial, reputational, or other harm to those affected. When a data breach results from either negligent security or intentional or reckless behavior, the company, organization, or governmental body storing it may be held accountable.

Gibbs Law Group’ attorneys have filed privacy violations lawsuits on behalf of people around the United States who have had their private information exposed as the result of a data breach. We work to compensate those affected while holding companies accountable for inadequate security measures and to ensure corporate privacy policies improve.

Data Breach Class Action Lawsuits

At Gibbs Law Group, our attorneys have represented victims of privacy violations in a number of privacy lawsuits. Several recent examples include:

Health Net & IBM Medical Records Data Breach Lawsuit

In March 2011, Health Net notified hundreds of thousands of patients that their private information had been compromised through a data breach, potentially exposing patients’ names, addresses, medical information, Social Security numbers, and other financial information. Gibbs Law Group filed a class action lawsuit alleging that Health Net and its server driver company, IBM, violated patients’ privacy rights and other consumer protection laws.

Certegy Financial (now Fidelity National Information Services) Data Breach Class Action

Gibbs Law Group represented thousands of consumers in a class action lawsuit against Certegy Check Services after their financial and personal data was sold to third-parties by a Certegy employee. The case alleged that Certegy violated customer’s privacy rights and financial privacy laws when it failed to implement adequate security measures to protect customers’ personal information.

Adobe Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit

In November 2013, Gibbs Law Group filed a class action lawsuit against Adobe for its failure to use reasonable security practices that resulted in a data breach affecting approximately 38 million Adobe users.  The lawsuit alleges that Adobe failed to use industry best practices for security, contrary to Adobe’s Privacy Policy and representations regarding the company’s security practices.

Our Data Breach Attorneys

Eric Gibbs

A founding partner at the firm, Eric has negotiated groundbreaking settlements that favorably shaped laws and resulted in business practice reforms.
David Berger

David Berger

David represents consumers in data breach, privacy, and financial services litigation. He has prosecuted some of the largest privacy cases nationwide.

Amanda Karl

Amanda represents employees, consumers, and sexual assault survivors in complex class actions. She also leads the firm’s Voting Rights Task Force.

Joshua Bloomfield

Joshua prosecutes complex class action lawsuits with distinct experience in data breach/privacy cases and antitrust matters.

About Us

Gibbs Law Group is a California-based law firm committed to protecting the rights of clients nationwide who have been harmed by corporate misconduct. We represent individuals, whistleblowers, employees, and small businesses across the U.S. against the world’s largest corporations. Our award-winning lawyers have achieved landmark recoveries and over a billion dollars for our clients in high-stakes class action and individual cases involving consumer protection, data breach, digital privacy, and federal and California employment lawsuits. Our attorneys have received numerous honors for their work, including “Top Plaintiff Lawyers in California,” “Top Class Action Attorneys Under 40,” “Consumer Protection MVP,” “Best Lawyers in America,” and “Top Cybersecurity/ Privacy Attorneys Under 40.”