Zakay Law Group files class action against LGBTQ Center Orange County over data safeguards
A PR Newswire item says the complaint accuses LGBTQ Center Orange County of failing to protect sensitive patient data and cites several California privacy and consumer laws.
A PR Newswire item says Zakay Law Group, APLC filed a class action in Orange County Superior Court against LGBTQ Center Orange County over alleged failures to safeguard patients’ personal and protected health information.
Zakay Law Group, APLC says it filed a class action complaint against The Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center of Orange County, also called LGBTQ Center Orange County, in Orange County Superior Court of the State of California. The item says the case concerns alleged failures to safeguard patients’ personal information and protected health information stored in the organization’s information network.
The lawsuit is pending. The item does not give the date or scope of the alleged breach, the number of people affected, or any court ruling.
The PR Newswire item lists case number 30-2026-01577422-CU-MT-CXC. It says the complaint alleges negligence, breach of implied contracts, breach of fiduciary duties and confidence, and violations of the California Unfair Competition Law, the California Customer Records Act, the California Consumer Privacy Act, and the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act.
The item also says affected individuals could face invasion of privacy, identity theft, fraudulent financial activity, phishing and scam exposure, time and resources spent securing identity and medical information, anxiety, and loss of peace of mind. Those are allegations in the filing, not findings by the court.
The release names Attorney Jackland Hom as a contact for more information and lists a phone number. It does not include a response from the defendant.
What happens next will depend on the court process in Orange County Superior Court. The PR Newswire item does not say when the court may act on the complaint or whether the parties have scheduled any hearing.
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