Zoosk User Waived Right to Class Action in Data Breach Lawsuit

Zoosk Inc. customers lost their bid for class certification in their data breach suit Wednesday, when a federal judge in San Francisco found that the lead plaintiff agreed to terms of use that waived her right to represent a class.

Juan Flores-Mendez and Tracy Greenamyer sued the online dating site following a massive breach in January 2020 in which a group called the “ShinyHunters” stole data from 30 million Zoosk users. Zoosk waited 22 days to notify its users of the breach, according to the complaint.

Zoosk argued that Greenamyer, who moved to be the sole representative of the proposed ...