Gun maker Sturm, Ruger & Co. and its website host Freestyle Software Inc. must face a proposed class action alleging they failed to protect the personal information of nearly 168,000 consumers that was exposed in a 17-month data breach.
The plaintiffs’ allegations of injury were sufficiently concrete to give them standing to bring their suit in federal court, and they adequately stated claims of breach of contract against Ruger, and breach of contract and unjust enrichment against Freestyle, Judge Kari A. Dooley of the US District Court for the District of Connecticut said Wednesday.
Dooley dismissed the plaintiffs’ negligence claims ...
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