Tuesday, October 8, 2013

First class action settlement in Minnesota data abuse

A week after a judge threw out a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of people whose private data was abused by a state official, an insurance trust has agreed to pay out $2 millionthe largest settlement in Minnesota to dateon behalf of about 3,000 people who had their private data accessed by a Rock County child support worker. The Star-Tribune reports that the settlement must be approved by a federal judge. In the wake of the decision, it's unclear what impact the previous ruling will have on the many outstanding cases that have been filed or are anticipated, including other class action suits.