Audi Customer Must Keep Data Breach Claims in Federal Court

An Audi customer must keep her putative class action data breach claims against the auto manufacturer in federal court, after a judge found that she suffered a concrete injury from having her personally identifiable information compromised.

Amy Wynne sued Audi of America LLC, a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group of America, alleging that the names, addresses, driver’s license numbers, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, tax identification numbers, email addresses, and financial data of 3.3 million individuals were compromised after cybercriminals breached Audi servers.

Wynne also named Audi vendor Sanctus LLC, doing business as Shift Digital, as a defendant.

After Shift ...