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TELEPERFORMANCE, COGNIZANT, AND GOOGLE FACE CRIMINAL, REGULATORY, AND CIVIL (CLASS) ACTIONS OVER GDPR BREACHES AND RETALIATION AGAINST WHISTLEBLOWER
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Lisbon, Portugal, April 3, 2025 – Cambridge Samuel, representing a whistleblower, announces the immediate escalation of legal and public actions against Teleperformance, Cognizant, and Google, following their failure to address a massive GDPR breach and retaliatory actions against the whistleblower, a protected individual under Portugal’s Law 93/2021 and the EU Whistleblower Directive (2019/1937). As of April 3, 2025, 10:00 WET, the €1,500,000 settlement offer to Teleperformance has been withdrawn, criminal complaints are being filed, and daily press updates will spotlight the companies’ misconduct.
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Unprecedented Data Breach and Retaliation
Since December 2023, a whistleblower, a former Cognizant employee now with Teleperformance, has received over 3,141 emails containing sensitive YouTube and Waze user data—exposing locations, IDs, and personal details of thousands across the EU and US—via a reactivated Google Workspace account. This breach, spanning over 480 days, violates GDPR Articles 5, 6, 9, 32, and 33. A Teleperformance agent exacerbated this on February 21, 2025, logging sensitive data (Case ID 3-6878000038759) without encryption, as documented in prior correspondence.
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Account Lockout
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On March 28, 2025, at 05:13 WET, the whistleblower’s account was locked, disrupting his work at Teleperformance—a clear act of retaliation. Despite assurances from Teleperformance’s Operations Director and HR representative on March 31 that access would be restored by April 1 morning, the whistleblower remained locked out, as evidenced in his April 1, 10:31 WET email.
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Severe and debilitating impact on whistleblower´s health.
The prolonged account lockout from March 28, 2025, and the subsequent delays in restoring access—despite assurances from Teleperformance Operations Management and HR on March 31—have had a severe and debilitating impact on the whistleblower´s health. He is currently experiencing significant stress and anxiety directly attributable to this situation, which has disrupted his ability to work and manage ongoing professional and personal responsibilities.
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Teleperformance’s Bad Faith Response
The whistleblower’s April 2, 09:45 WET email to Teleperformance, detailing his health crisis and urging settlement by the 12:00 WET deadline set in Cambridge Samuel’s March 31 letter, went unanswered until Teleperformance’s Legal Director sent a tardy, evasive reply at 22:18 WET, over ten hours late. This reply denied Teleperformance’s breach role, misrepresented account access, and ignored the whistleblower’s burnout, offering no acknowledgment or apology. The whistleblower’s April 2, 20:54 WET email withdrew the €1.5M settlement offer, initiating escalation against Teleperformance, with the Legal Director and this email explicitly cited in forthcoming criminal complaints and press statements as a “textbook example of bad faith, both legally and morally.”
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Cognizant Signals Battle, Google Silent
On April 2, at 10:42 WET, a Cognizant HR representative, refusing to identify himself, called the whistleblower with an unknown number, a constructive call nevertheless, as per the whistleblower, who proposed settling a €5,999 labor dispute (€600 Edenred card withheld since 2022 plus damages) by day’s end, with good faith negotiations by April 3 on the global data breaches. No follow-up at all from this mysterious and anonymous Cognizant HR official has occurred, signaling Cognizant’s battle intent. Cambridge Samuel is ready. Google remains silent, despite their €500M joint demand with Cognizant due April 5, and potential €12.3B fines per regulator.
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Health Toll and Escalation
Cambridge Samuel now executes:
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Criminal Complaints: Filing with Lisbon’s Public Prosecutor by April 4, 2025, as well as applicable other jurisdictions, against Teleperformance (including its Legal Director, Privacy Officer, Operations Director(s), HR Business Partner), Cognizant, and Google for obstruction/retaliation under Law 58/2019, Article 47.
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Regulatory Filings: Complaints to CNPD, FTC, and all other jurisdictions globally by April 4, risking Teleperformance €344M, Cognizant €776M, and Google €12.3B+ in GDPR fines.
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Class-Action Lawsuits: Teleperformance, Cognizant, and Google named for affected users, with damages potentially at €570M.
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Press Campaign: Daily Press Releases / social media, starting today, citing - among others - the Teleperformance Legal Director’s response and corporate failures, as well as releasing parts of the massive amounts of evidence daily.
A Billion-Euro Reckoning Looms
Cambridge Samuel demands Cognizant and Google (Teleperformance disqualified itself for settlement) confirm labor settlement progress and enter GDPR talks immediately, or face a €1B+ storm. Teleperformance’s window has closed, with the Legal Director’s late reply sealing their fate. The whistleblower’s evidence—over 3,141 emails, a 480+ day video, and lockout screenshots—is secured for regulators, courts, and press.
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Press Contact:
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Evidence Available: Upon request, redacted, verifiable by regulators and media.
Whistleblower fights for transparency against Cognizant, Google, and Teleperformance, exposing a toxic brew of data breaches, retaliation, and incompetence.
Lisbon, Portugal – April 1, 2025
The walls are closing in on Cognizant, Google/Alphabet, and Teleperformance as Cambridge Samuel unleashes a relentless whistleblower assault, exposing a toxic brew of data breaches, retaliation, and corporate incompetence that could slam these giants with over €500 million in damages and fines by April 5, 2025, escalating to €1 billion or more by June if they falter.
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Whistleblower Locked Out - Retaliation Escalates
On March 28, 2025, Cognizant and Google/Alphabet locked the whistleblower—a former Cognizant employee—out of his Google Workspace account, a brazen act of retaliation just one day after Cambridge Samuel’s March 27 press release revealed a 480-day leak of over 3,141 emails, not including extensive threads, breaching YouTube and Waze user data worldwide.This lockout came without warning at 05:13 WET, violating Portugal’s Law 93/2021 Article 21 and the General Data Protection Regulation Article 15, following the Associate HR Director admission of Cognizant on March 27 that they had informed their “client,” Google/Alphabet.
With press coverage gaining traction, regulators all over the world, and fines are accumulative—penalties of over €12.3 billion for Google/Alphabet and €776 million for Cognizant loom.
A Data Disaster Deepens
The whistleblower’s evidence—over 3,141 emails, not including extensive threads, flooding his inbox since December 2023 via a reactivated Google Workspace account—lays bare a global data catastrophe, with six daily breaches (five Waze, one to two YouTube) exposing user details like locations, behaviors, and ad data to 3–15+ recipients without consent. On March 27 alone, 10 new breaches hit by 12:23 WET, violating the General Data Protection Regulation Articles 5, 6, 15, 32, and 33, alongside the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation, California Consumer Privacy Act, Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, Brazil’s General Data Protection Law, and Israel’s Protection of Privacy Law. This isn’t just a breach—it’s a systemic failure, endangering users from Europe to the Americas and beyond, with Cognizant and Google/Alphabet scrambling as their former counsel’s fumbling response unravels Garrigues.
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"Google, Teleperformance, Cognizant, Foundever, and Vivino brewed a vintage data disaster - time to sober up or sip the €1B hangover!”
Cambridge Samuel Consultant
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Counsel in Disarray
Cambridge Samuel’s press releases on March 27 and 28, hosted on www.cambridgesamuel.com, publicly excoriate Cognizant’s Lisbon- and Porto-based law firm Garrigues as incompetent and bumbling for missing critical deadlines on March 25 and March 26, stalling justice as the breach crisis deepens. With that firm out of the picture, so it seems, Cognizant and Google/Alphabet are desperate for new counsel—top-tier firms with Lisbon offices are 85% likely to step in by April 5, while global players without local presence hover at 65%—but Cambridge Samuel warns: enter this €20 billion to €50 billion storm (fines, plus €50 billion+ stock risk for Google/Alphabet) at your own peril, as press hits threaten to explode to 1,000+.
Pressure Peaks: A €1 Billion+ Reckoning Looms
This whistleblower, backed by Cambridge Samuel, a niche advocacy platform, and a leader in Human Capital and Expat Support, established by former top litigators from all over the world, together with a global powerhouse law firm, is no pushover—his lockout has turned a €5,599 labor dispute (a €600 Edenred Flexible Card denied since 2022) into a €500,005,999 demand that could balloon to €1 billion or more if Cognizant, Google/Alphabet and Teleperformance don’t act.
Teleperformance, entangled as the whistleblower's current employer, face mounting pressure from their 500,000-employee network. The whistleblower escalated the issue via a letter to Teleperformance and face-to-face talks with management on March 28, followed with a Whatsapp on March 30, and email correspondence from TP’s Human Resources Associate and Operations Director on March 31, 2025. Teleperformance confirmed account restoration by April 1, 12:35 WET. Cambridge Samuel´s message to Teleperformance: restore the whistleblower´s account access immediately or brace for a regulatory onslaught from regulators all over the world, alongside class-action lawsuits and a press firestorm.
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Vivino / Foundever
A parallel case, handled by Cambridge Samuel against Foundever, and their wine-sloshing client Vivino—the online wine overlord whose vineyard of vitamin vino virtually floods the globe with boozy bargains—detailed in a press statement released March 25, 2025 (see below), exposes similar systemic misconduct and retaliation that could ferment into $50 million to $500 million in class-action grapevine gripes, amplifying the global reckoning for outsourcing giants.
Call to Action
Cambridge Samuel demands Cognizant, Google/Alphabet, Teleperformance (and Foundever and Vivino in another whistleblower´s case) to enter immediate talks —restore the whistleblower’s Google Workspace access, overhaul data security, and commence meaningful negotiations to safeguard the rights and privacy of potentially millions of end users worldwide—or face regulators, courts, and a press tidal wave that will dwarf their former counsel’s blunders. The evidence—over 3,141 emails not including threads, and more—is locked and loaded.
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Evidence Available: Upon request, redacted samples verifiable by regulators and media.
COGNIZANT’S RETALIATION ESCALATES:
WHISTLEBLOWER LOCKED OUT, YOUTUBE AND WAZE BREACHES DEEPEN, END USERS STILL AT RISK.
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GOOGLE NOW DIRECTLY INVOLVED
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Lisbon, Portugal – March 28, 2025 – The Cognizant Technology Solutions Portugal, Unipessoal, Lda data breach saga has taken a sinister turn. Just one day after our March 27 press release exposing a 480-day leak of 3,141 emails affecting YouTube, Waze, and possibly hundreds of millions of end users globally, the whistleblower at the heart of this fight—a former Cognizant employee who resigned on May 31, 2023, fed up with HR’s broken promises—has been locked out of his Google Workspace account in a blatant act of retaliation.
Armed with Portugal’s Law 93/2021 and the EU Whistleblower Directive (2019/1937), this gritty everyman, backed by Cambridge Samuel, is now doubling down, demanding justice for millions while Cognizant and their bumbling Lisbon- and Porto-based law firm, Garrigues, watch their €700M+ fine nightmare spiral into chaos.
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On March 28, 2025, at 06:00 WET, the whistleblower awoke to a chilling message on his device: “Your device is locked. This device was locked by the google.com administrator. Please return this device to: 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043. Chromebook managed by google.com.” No prior notice, no explanation—just a cold, retaliatory shutdown, confirmed by Cognizant’s own admission on March 27 that they “informed [their] client” (Alphabet/Google), leading to this lockout.
This act, a direct violation of Law 93/2021 Article 21 and GDPR Article 15, prevents the whistleblower from working for his current employer, a Google client, and denies him access to the very evidence—3,141 emails—that exposes Cognizant’s global data disaster.
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The evidence grows more damning by the day: 3,141 emails—six daily (five Waze, one to two YouTube)—have flooded his inbox since December 2023 via a reactivated Google Workspace email, a blunder by Cognizant’s HR that they’ve now weaponized against him. On March 27 alone, 10 new breaches hit by 12:23 WET, exposing Waze users like “DrimerSwimmer” (ID: 1408702052, GMT+2, EU) with location data, “ajtomson” (ID: 171612679, GMT+1, EU) with occupation details, and “sparky_007_pa” (ID: 1632350844, Harrisburg, PA), alongside voice, behavioral, and ad data shared with 3–15+ recipients without consent. This brings the total to 2,406 Waze and 736 YouTube leaks, shredding GDPR Articles 5(1)(f), 6(1), 15, 32(1), and 33(1), UK GDPR, CCPA, PIPEDA, LGPD, Israel’s Protection of Privacy Law, and more—a global crisis affecting end users from Europe to the Americas and beyond.
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Cognizant’s retaliation is a desperate move to silence the truth, but it’s backfiring. This isn’t just a data breach—it’s a war on decency, with Cognizant and Garrigues fumbling at every turn. Garrigues, already exposed for missing deadlines (March 25 and March 26, 16:00 WET) and stalling justice, now watches as their client’s actions draw the ire of regulators like Portugal’s CNPD, the U.S. FTC, the UK’s ICO, California’s CPPA, Canada’s OPC, Brazil’s ANPD, Israel’s PPA, and EU DPAs including Ireland’s DPC, France’s CNIL, Germany’s BfDI, and Italy’s GPDP.
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What began as a €5,599 labor dispute—a €600 Edenred Flexible Card denied since 2022, sparking a 14-month HR circus—has exploded into a GDPR inferno that could dwarf TikTok’s €345M (2023), LinkedIn’s €310M (2024), or Meta’s €1.2B (2023) fines.
Cognizant knew of the breach—Google Chat pinged a manager at 14:50 WET, March 21, 2025—yet ignored GDPR’s 72-hour notification deadline (expired March 24, 14:50 WET). Now, their retaliation has locked the whistleblower out of his livelihood, a move that could cost them €700M+ in fines, a plummeting stock, and shattered trust from clients like Alphabet.
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Cambridge Samuel, backed by top litigators and a global legal team, stands with the whistleblower in this fight for justice. We demand Cognizant and Google immediately restore his account access, overhaul data security, report quarterly to regulators, and compensate victims—starting with the whistleblower, whose work loss now adds to his €5,599 claim.
We call on regulators to act swiftly, holding Cognizant and Google accountable for this global data disaster and retaliatory act. Workers and end users worldwide are watching: one man’s fight against HR’s games has become a 3,141-email gut punch, and we’re all cheering, “Enough is enough—nail these corporate giants where it hurts!”
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Press Contact: public-relations@cambridgesamuel.com / class-action@cambridgesamuel.com
Evidence Available: Upon request, redacted samples verifiable by regulators and media.
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MASSIVE COGNIZANT BREACH HITS YOUTUBE AND WAZE AND POSSIBLY MILLIONS OF END USERS GLOBALLY
Lisbon, Portugal - March 27, 2025 - Imagine this: a former Cognizant Technology Solutions Portugal, Unipessoal, Lda employee, fed up with HR’s broken promises and maddening sloppiness, resigns on May 31, 2023. He doesn’t fade away. Armed with Portugal’s Law 93/2021 and the EU Whistleblower Directive (2019/1937), this whistleblower turns a €600 bonus card fiasco into an over 480-day data leak exposing YouTube, Waze, and Cognizant’s global clients—now worsened by Garrigues, Cognizant’s bumbling Lisbon- and Porto-based law firm, whose delays have stalled justice for possibly hundreds of millions of end users.
He’s the gritty everyman we all root for, taking on corporate giants with HR nonsense we’ve all endured, aiming for €700M+ in fines, shattered trust, and a plummeting Cognizant stock—while Garrigues fumbles the response.
The evidence is relentless: 3,141 emails—six daily (five Waze, one to two YouTube)—have slammed his inbox since December 2023 via a reactivated Google Workspace email tied to another employer.
This includes YouTube logs from October 2024 with 900+ channels (e.g., UCji81jx0uCoUp5mPNMAHpsQ, 5.87K subscribers), and Waze user IDs like 1909839753 ("testuser01") with event details (e.g., "Meeeeeting1," "12:02 PM" drive) from October 2024. On January 27, 2025 (15:54 GMT+2), Waze ID 1495532043 ("srael_1stxjpjz") leaked from Israel. A February 28, 2025, Waze report spills a Tallinn user’s ID and coordinates (59.4370° N, 24.7535° E).
On March 3, 2025 (12:20 GMT+1), Waze ID 1087208100 ("world_2171k6ci") emerged from the Czech Republic. March 17 drops a Cincinnati user’s ID and spot (Harrison Ave, Meijer). March 23’s Buganizer leak (Issue 339455096) guts Waze ops.
On March 24, 2025, breaches struck at 09:22, 09:43, 10:20, 11:54, 12:32, and 13:13 WET, exposing Waze users (e.g., ID 1507084873, "MrSaturnus", Milan, Italy; 1966735096, "darekb45", Skierniewice, Poland; 40756900, "nahuelfe", Buenos Aires, Argentina) and locations (e.g., Tallinn, Estonia; Cincinnati, OH).
On March 25, 24 emails hit, leaking more Waze IDs, usernames, and locations (e.g., Europe, Americas), plus YouTube data.
On March 26, starting at 08:22 WET, a fresh batch dropped, totaling 2,396 Waze and 726 YouTube leaks. Cognizant staff PII (LDAPs, phone numbers) spills out, shredding GDPR Articles 6, 32, and 33, UK GDPR, CCPA, PIPEDA, LGPD, Israel’s Protection of Privacy Law, and more—a global data disaster.
Sparked by a €600 bonus dispute and backed by Portugal’s Law 93/2021, the EU Whistleblower Directive, and a global legal team from Cambridge Samuel, he’s now targeting €700M+ in fines, a stock plunge, and systemic data security reform, slamming Cognizant and Garrigues for flouting GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA, and more, with regulators like Portugal’s CNPD, the UK’s ICO, the U.S. FTC, California’s CPPA, Canada’s OPC (under PIPEDA), Brazil’s ANPD (under LGPD), Israel’s PPA, and EU DPAs such as Ireland’s DPC, France’s CNIL, Germany’s BfDI, and Italy’s GPDP now potentially in his crosshairs, reflecting the breach’s impact on end users across Europe, the Americas, and beyond.
It started with HR’s classic dodge. In January 2024, this whistleblower demanded his €600 Edenred Flexible Card—a 2022 bonus never delivered, part of the mess that drove him out. Cognizant’s HR stalled: “Pick it up yourself,” they shrugged, citing security. On March 20, 2024, a no-show staffer stiffed him; by December 19, he begged, “Mail it—I’ll take the risk!” February 2025 brought a limp, “We’ll leave it somewhere” from HR’s Associate Director. After 14 months of this circus, he roared, “Court it is,” seeking €600 plus €4,999 in damages under Portugal’s Código do Trabalho (Article 103) and Civil Code (Articles 762, 405, 804). Cognizant called it “closed” on February 27, 2025, but he isn’t begging—he’s dismantling the system.
That €5,599 spark now blazes, dwarfed by a GDPR inferno that could top TikTok’s €345M (2023), LinkedIn’s €310M (2024), or Meta’s €1.2B (2023). His demand: Cognizant overhauls data security and reports quarterly to regulators—no more evasions.
Cognizant knew—Google Chat pinged a manager at 14:50 WET, March 21, 2025—yet ignored GDPR’s 72-hour deadline (expired March 24, 14:50 WET). On March 21, at 14:00 WET, he gave until March 25 to negotiate a global fix; Garrigues, Cognizant’s counsel, botched it, missing the deadline and stalling again with a March 26, 16:00 WET ultimatum—they did not comment on the statement despite having been given explicit opportunity. Garrigues’ expertise isn’t equipped for a case of this magnitude, nor the complexity far beyond a simple labor dispute, and their incompetence delays justice, leaving millions exposed.
This is war. Backed by the niche human capital firm, Cambridge Samuel, top litigators, and a global legal team, he’s poised to hit Portugal’s CNPD, ACT, the U.S. FTC, Cognizant’s clients (e.g., Alphabet), end users, courts, and the press. Workers globally will grin: the guy burned by HR’s games flipped a €5,599 fight into a 3,141-email gut punch, with Garrigues’ fumbling making it worse.
From over 480 days of leaks to Garrigues’ delays, this evidence screams for regulators to act, hitting end users from Europe to the Americas and beyond Alphabet’s reach. The press smells blood: a dual crisis—trashing GDPR and decency—lifts one man’s fight, and we’re all cheering, “Finally, someone’s nailing HR, the suits, and their useless lawyers where it hurts.”
Press: public-relations@cambridgesamuel.com / class-action@cambridgesamuel.com
Evidence Available: Upon request, redacted samples verifiable by regulators and media.
PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 25, 2025
FOUNDEVER AND VIVINO EXPOSED IN 16-MONTH GLOBAL GDPR BREACH SCANDAL
Lisbon, Portugal – March 25, 2025 – Here’s the scene: a battle-hardened employee at Foundever Portugal, S.A., a customer experience giant that runs call centers and support services for global brands, is fed up with a toxic workplace and HR’s endless stonewalling, and steps into the ring with a fury that’s shaking corporate giants to their foundations.
Wielding Portugal’s Law No. 93/2021 and the EU Whistleblower Directive (2019/1937), this whistleblower isn’t backing down—he’s unleashing a storm that exposes a 16-month GDPR breach catastrophe at Foundever Portugal, S.A. and Vivino ApS, the world’s largest online wine marketplace connecting wine enthusiasts with producers and retailers, slamming employees, clients and end users across the EU and U.S. with brutal force. This isn’t just a lone stand; it’s a worldwide rebellion, with the whistleblower as the fierce champion every worker cheers for, turning HR’s dirty tricks into a €700M-plus showdown, a class-action juggernaut, and a reputational blow that could shatter Foundever’s credibility and Vivino’s shaky financial footing—imagine the stock prices tanking.
The proof hits like a freight train: a Leadership Meeting Agenda from October 23, 2023, uncovers Foundever’s systemic GDPR violations—unauthorized retention of client data in Salesforce, impacting EU and U.S. clients, breaching GDPR Articles 5, 9, 15, and 32—raised by a Foundever trainer who sounded the alarm on this disaster-in-waiting. Slack messages from that day reveal Vivino management brushing it off as “not an issue,” despite the trainer’s dire warning: “illegal and can cause Vivino to have to pay a fine of 4% of their yearly revenue.” Foundever knew, Vivino ignored, and 16 months later—over 500 days of inaction—they’ve neither reported to the CNPD nor addressed the chaos, violating GDPR Article 33(1)’s 72-hour notification mandate.
Then comes the December 13, 2024, outrage: Foundever (senior) managers mocked the whistleblower’s health condition in a meeting, as confirmed by the trainer’s statements (February 24 and March 17, 2025), trampling GDPR Article 9 and Labour Code Article 29. The retaliation followed: the trainer faced punitive shift changes on February 24, 2025, leading to sick leave from February 27, 2025, while the whistleblower was fired on February 12, 2025, hours after raising the harassment in a call with a Foundever operations manager and HR official, breaching Labour Code Article 331 and Law No. 93/2021 Article 20.
Foundever’s responses are a textbook corporate dodge. Their Data Protection Officer’s March 21, 2025, letter denies the December 13 breach, claiming “no evidence” despite the trainer’s testimony, and sidesteps the systemic breaches entirely. The Senior HR Manager’s March 24 letter doubles down, rejecting the harassment claim as baseless and falsely stating the whistleblower missed a December 4, 2024, health exam without justification—he was on sick leave with a GP note, per Labour Code Article 104(2).
Vivino’s silence speaks volumes, their refusal to comment woven into our narrative as a damning indictment of their complicity, leaving Foundever to face the fallout of their client’s inaction. Foundever’s refusal to provide demanded evidence, their silence on the GDPR breaches, and their failure to engage in meaningful settlement negotiations by COB March 24, 2025, roar louder than any corporate spin.This is a full-throttle uprising. The whistleblower, backed by Cambridge Samuel, a fierce advocacy force, seasoned litigators, and a global law firm, is bringing the fight: complaints to the ACT and CNPD, filed February 21, 2025, updated March 4 and March 15, and now bolstered with the March 17 evidence—Leadership Meeting Agenda, Slack Correspondence, and the trainer’s statement—are in motion.
Given FE’s U.S. operations and the impact on U.S. clients, the FTC is a primary authority, with state attorneys general also poised to step in for broader enforcement and penalties, alongside court filings in Portugal, a class-action lawsuit across all affected countries including the U.S. seeking $50M–$500M, all being filed promptly, with damages that could match TikTok’s €345M fine in 2023 or Meta’s €1.2B in 2023.
The whistleblower’s call is clear: Foundever and Vivino must step up—overhaul data security, compensate victims, and report quarterly to regulators, or face the fury of employees, clients and end users everywhere. From a 16-month GDPR breach to HR’s vindictive tactics, this evidence demands regulators act, impacting employees, clients and end users from Europe to the Americas.
The press is circling: this double-barreled crisis—trampling GDPR and basic decency—elevates one man’s battle, and we’re all cheering, saying, “At last, someone’s hitting HR and the execs where it stings.”
Contact: public-relations@cambridgesamuel.com / class-action@cambridgesamuel.com
Evidence Available: Upon request, redacted samples verifiable by regulators and media.
About Cambridge Samuel
Cambridge Samuel is a leading advocacy platform specializing in whistleblower cases, particularly in call centers, dedicated to pursuing justice for employees facing systemic misconduct and data protection violations.
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