Personal Touch to Pay $3.6 Million to Settle Data Breach Lawsuit

Home health provider Personal Touch Holding Corp. would pay up to $3.6 million to settle allegations it failed to protect the personal information of more than 750,000 people in a 2021 data breach under a deal given initial approval by a federal court.

Michael Everetts alleged that Personal Touch failed to implement adequate data-security measures, encrypt sensitive data, or provide timely notice of the incident to those affected.

Information exposed in the breach included medical-treatment information, insurance card and health plan numbers, medical record numbers, names, addresses, telephone numbers, birthdates, Social Security numbers, check copies, credit card numbers, and bank ...