Salvation Army Employees, Volunteers Drop Suit Over Data Breach

Five plaintiffs dropped their proposed class action alleging the Salvation Army failed to protect the personal information of hundreds of thousands of employees and volunteers that was exposed in a May data breach.

Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted the plaintiffs’ request for dismissal of the suit in an Aug. 13 order.

• The plaintiffs alleged in separate lawsuits that were consolidated July 21 that the Salvation Army breached its duties under common law, contract law, industry standards, and the Federal Trade Commission Act to implement reasonable and adequate data ...