The value of internet users’ personal data—which provided sufficient economic footing for standing in a negligence and breach of contract lawsuit against an online service that experienced a data breach—will not be explored further because the parties Nov. 14 filed a stipulated entry of dismissal in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (Claridge v. RockYou Inc.).
The underlying complaint, filed on behalf of a putative class of some 32 million registered users of RockYou Inc., alleged that by not encrypting stored data the Redwood City, Calif.-based internet applications developer failed to reasonably protect personally ...
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