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Kroger: Some Pharmacy Customer Data Impacted in Vendor Hack

BOSTON (AP) — Kroger Co. says personal data, including Social Security numbers of some of its pharmacy and clinic customers, may have been stolen in the hack of a third-party vendor’s file-transfer service. The Cincinnati-based grocery and pharmacy chain said …

British Airways Faces Biggest Class-Action Suit Over Data Breach

British Airways Plc faces the largest privacy class-action lawsuit in U.K. history over its 2018 customer data breach. More than 16,000 victims have now joined a case seeking compensation from the airline. They could claim 2,000 pounds ($2,724) each, according …

Competitor’s Lawsuit Accuses Ocean Casino of Poaching Execs, Trade Secrets

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Atlantic City’s top casino is accusing a rival of poaching a half-dozen of its top marketing executives in an attempt to “cripple” it by using secret details about its best and most profitable customers. In a …

What It’s Like Running Grocery Stores During Coronavirus

After taking the reins of Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. last year, Jack Sinclair set out a clear vision for how to revive a grocery chain that had seen growth stall. The chief executive officer, who previously ran Walmart’s U.S. grocery …

SAP Discloses Security Lapses; Says There Was No Data Breach

BERLIN — Business software group SAP disclosed on Tuesday that some of its cloud products did not meet contractual or statutory security standards and said it would take remedial action to fix the problem as soon as possible. The shortcomings …

Don’t Be Tricky With Virus Claims, Watchdog Warns U.K. Insurers

The U.K. regulator has a message for insurers facing a likely deluge of coronavirus-related claims: play fair. Customers have found themselves in unprecedented difficulties as businesses the world over shut down or change how they operate, and insurers must also …

McDonald’s Workers Sue Over ‘Daily Risk of Violence’ From Customers

Current and former workers from 13 Illinois restaurants are suing McDonald’s Corp. for failing to adequately protect employees from customers who become violent. “McDonald’s breach of duty was the in-fact and proximate cause of plaintiffs’ injuries,” according to the complaint, …

Lawsuit Filed Against Dunkin’ Donuts Over Security Breaches

NEW YORK — Dunkin’ Donuts failed to notify almost 20,000 customers across the U.S. about cyberattacks on their accounts in 2015 and inadequately warned more than 300,000 customers about another hacking attack in 2018, New York’s attorney general said in …

California Grocery Stores Hit by Identity Theft

At least 80 employees and customers at more than two dozen Lucky Supermarkets’ stores in California’s San Francisco Bay area have had their bank accounts compromised after thieves tampered with the credit and debit card readers in self-checkout lines. The …

9 Taken to Hospital Because of Fumes at Georgia McDonald’s

Authorities say nine people were taken to a hospital after firefighters found two customers unconscious inside a bathroom and others struggling to breathe at a McDonald’s restaurant outside Savannah, Ga. Pooler Fire Chief Wade Simmons said one of the customers …