Kaplan Sued Over Breach That Exposed Users’ Sensitive Data

Kaplan North America LLC has been hit with a proposed class action over its alleged failure to protect the personal information of its users and employees in a data breach last year.

A former Kaplan student sued the education company over the data breach that exposed individuals’ names, Social Security, and driver’s license numbers, filing a complaint Tuesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida at Fort Lauderdale.

Melissa Perez is seeking to represent a class of all US residents whose information was compromised in the breach, which affected more than 19,000 Maine residents and nearly ...