According to the lawsuit, nearly 12,000 customers received letters that made visible that they were taking HIV medications or a pre-exposure prophylactic aimed at preventing the virus.
The settlement, awaiting court approval, will also provide customers a chance to seek additional payments for "out of pocket expenses and emotional distress," the article reads. The plaintiff's lawyers indicated they were alerted to a number of instances in which customers were directly impacted as a result of the privacy breach.