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Pennsylvania Federal Court Finds Standing in Data Breach Class Action

2015-10-15 00:33:23| Beverages - Topix.net

The debate over standing in data breach litigation is gaining more attention lately. While many courts have hesitated to find standing prior to lost personally identifiable information actually being misused, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently joined other courts who have found standing when the plaintiff has already suffered identifiable identity attacks, marking the first time a Pennsylvania federal court has allowed a data breach class action to proceed beyond the motion to dismiss stage.

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Pennsylvania Data Breach Class Action Survives Motion to Dismiss

2015-10-07 15:59:27| Beverages - Topix.net

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has allowed a data breach class action against Coca-Cola and several bottling companies to proceed, finding that the plaintiff has Article III standing even though he had left Coca-Cola's employment seven years earlier. This is the first time a Pennsylvania federal court has permitted a data breach class action to proceed beyond the motion to dismiss stage.

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Wall Street Breakfast: Data Breach Exposes Details Of 15M T-Mobile Customers

2015-10-02 22:26:22| Apparel - Topix.net

The credit applications of 15M customers at T-Mobile have been exposed after a breach at a database run by U.K. credit-tracking firm Experian . Hackers gained access to names, addresses and social security numbers, although not to payment or banking information.

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