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- Business
- Tier 1
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Park Dental settles class-action lawsuit over 2024 data breach
- Source
- Becker's Dental + DSO Review
- Author
- Ariana Portalatin
- Originally at
- beckersdental.com(opens in a new tab)
Summary and scoring by The Bell Brief (Dr. Jennifer Bell) using the Drill-Down Protocol. Not the original publisher.
Why it matters for dental
Dental groups with multi-state footprints face six-figure settlement exposure and mandatory remediation costs when employee email accounts are breached and patient data is accessed.
Key points
- 01
Park Dental reached a settlement in a class-action lawsuit over its 2024 data breach that accessed names, demographic information, medical information, health insurance information and dates of birth.
- 02
The settlement agreement provides up to $300,000 in attorney fees, up to $2,500 for class representatives, credit monitoring and additional payments to eligible class members.
- 03
Park Dental received preliminary court approval ; a final approval hearing is scheduled for.
- 04
Park Dental Partners, parent of the 87-office group, reported a separate data breach at the end of August.
Who should care
- Owner
- DSO
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