$80 Million Settlement Proposed to Resolve Conduent Data Breach Litigation
A proposed $80 million settlement has been put forward to resolve a consolidated class action lawsuit against Conduent Business Services over a data breach. The case was covered by The HIPAA Journal, suggesting the breach involved protected health or personal information handled by the business services company.
Why this matters: Conduent is a back-office contractor. It processes data on behalf of other organizations, which means the people affected probably never heard of the company that held their information. That is common in healthcare and government services, and it is a real problem. When a breach happens at a vendor, the people whose data was exposed often have no idea who lost it or why that company had it in the first place. An $80 million settlement is significant, but the more important question is what kind of data Conduent held and whether the organizations that hired them checked that it was properly protected.
Who should care: Cybersecurity · Privacy officers · Administrators · Lawyers · Compliance · Healthcare professionals
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