Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Defeats Data Breach Class Action

Banco Popular de Puerto Rico won’t have to face a proposed class action alleging it negligently failed to protect customers’ personal information in connection with a June 2021 data breach.

Plaintiff Rosa Rivera-Marrero’s claims of injury based on an increased risk of future harm weren’t sufficiently concrete and imminent to give her standing to sue, Judge Aida Delgado-Colón said March 31.
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Rivera-Marrero alleged that Banco Popular shared names, addresses, account information and Social Security numbers of class members with a vendor that was hit by a data breach, leading to the exposure of her information. Her lawsuit brought claims ...