Chord Dental Hit by Seven Class Actions Over 2024 Data Breach

Pennsylvania-based Chord Specialty Dental Partners is facing at least seven proposed class actions in two federal courts alleging it negligently failed to protect the personal information of more than 173,000 people that was exposed in a September 2024 data breach.

The plaintiffs say Chord Dental breached its duties under common law, contract law, industry standards, the Federal Trade Commission Act, and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act to implement reasonable and adequate data-security measures and provide adequate notice of the incident.

Information exposed in the breach included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, driver’s-license numbers, bank-account information, payment-card information, dates ...