Class Settlement Reached In Case Over COVID-19 Contact Tracing Data Breach

(October 25, 2022, 1:45 PM EDT) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — An employment staffing company accused of failing to safeguard private health information (PHI) contained in Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) COVID-19 contact tracing lists and failing to timely notify those affected by the breach agreed to provide monetary payments for out-of-pocket expenses and two years of credit monitoring and credit restoration protections, according to a class settlement agreement presented to a federal court in Pennsylvania for preliminary approval....