Macy’s Dodges Customer’s Proposed Data Breach Class Action

A Macy’s Inc. customer seeking damages for the exposure of his private information due to the second criminal cyberattack on the retailer’s computer system in 18 months lost a proposed class action against the company, with a ruling by a federal court in Massachusetts .

Robert Hartigan’s allegation that he faces an increased risk of identity theft due to the disclosure of his credit card information, name, address, phone number, and email address wasn’t an injury in fact sufficient to allow him to sue Macy’s even under “the most generous” case law, the U.S. District Court for the District of ...