Illuminate Education Defeats Data Breach Lawsuit for Second Time

Illuminate Education Inc. defeated for the second time a proposed class action alleging it failed to protect the personal information of more than 3 million elementary and high school students, which was exposed in a December 2021 data breach.

The plaintiffs failed to show that they had suffered concrete harm from the breach or were at immediate risk of future harm, a threshold requirement for standing to sue, Judge James V. Selna of the US District Court for the Central District of California said. Selna dismissed the suit in a ruling docketed Nov. 17, and declined to give the ...