Carruth Compliance Consulting Hit With Suit Over Data Breach

Carruth Compliance Consulting Inc. negligently failed to protect the personal information of school-district employees that was exposed in a December 2024 data breach, a proposed federal class action said.

Autumn Ringer alleged that Carruth breached its duties under common law, contract law, industry standards, and the Federal Trade Commission Act to implement reasonable and adequate data-security measures and provide timely notice of the breach.

Information exposed in the incident included names, Social Security numbers, financial-account information, driver’s-license numbers, W-2 information, medical-billing information, and tax filings, according to a complaint filed Thursday in the US District Court for the District of ...