Geisinger Health and Nuance settle data breach lawsuit

Geisinger Health and Nuance Communications have agreed to a proposed settlement of a class action lawsuit related to a patient data breach.

The breach, which occurred around Nov. 29, 2023, involved a former Nuance employee accessing the health system's records and the personal information of more than one million patients two days after their job terminated.

The Pennsylvania Court granted preliminary approval of a $5 million class action settlement on Tuesday and scheduled a final approval hearing for March 16, 2026.

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