Walmart Again Asks Judge to Dismiss Data Breach Class Action

Walmart Inc. asked a federal judge to dismiss a data breach suit again, arguing the retailer can’t be liable for the breach that compromised the personal information of 25,000 Walmart pharmacy patients because the information was on CaptureRx servers, and not Walmart’s.

Willard Bays filed a would-be class action against Walmart and the CaptureRx pharmacy company, alleging they didn’t reasonably protect and monitor customer data, which led to the exposure of their contact information, Social Security numbers, account numbers, insurance information, and medical data.

CaptureRx has since been dismissed from the suit.

In a February motion, Walmart argued that Bays’ ...