Credit Sesame Customers Drop Class Action Over April Data Breach

Two Credit Sesame Inc. customers dropped their proposed class action alleging that the online financial-information company negligently failed to protect the personal information of thousands of consumers exposed in an April data breach.

Plaintiffs Daniel Fontana and Melissa Sackett filed a notice of voluntary dismissal Wednesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

• Fontana and Sackett alleged in the April lawsuit that Credit Sesame breached its duties under common law, contract law, industry standards, and the Federal Trade Commission Act to implement reasonable and adequate data security measures
• Victims have suffered lost time responding to the ...