Volkswagen’s $3.5 Million Data Breach Settlement Survives Appeal

Volkswagen Group of America Inc., Audi of America LLC, and digital marketer Shift Digital will pay $3.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit arising from a 2021 data breach that affected more than 3.1 million people, after a California appeals court rejected a challenge to the fairness of the deal.

Objector Amy Wynne argued the lower court improperly approved the settlement because a California subclass with the strongest claims would be looted under its terms to fund the claims of a nationwide class, but the California Court of Appeal, First District said Wednesday that the lower court ...