Ashley Madison User Suit Cites Failure To Protect Sensitive Data, Notify Users in Timely Manner
A lawsuit seeking class-action status was filed against Avid Life Media, parent of Ashley Madison, by “John Doe,” individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, following the dumping of sensitive personal and financial information users disclosed when creating…
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an account (see 1508200039">1508200039). The suit was filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. “Doe” is a Los Angeles resident who created an account with Ashley Madison in March 2012, according to court documents. The defendant alleged ALM stores the account information in an “unencrypted format at the database level,” despite identifying itself as “the last truly secure space on the Internet.” Doe alleged the data breach could have been prevented if ALM had “taken the necessary and reasonable precautions to protect its users’ information by, for example, encrypting the data entrusted to it by its users,” the “publicity of this information has created and will continue to create irreparable harm,” and that ALM failed to notify him and others of the breach in a timely manner. Doe seeks “compensatory and punitive damages with interest, attorneys’ fees and costs, and any other and further relief as this Court deems just and proper.” Attorneys for Doe didn’t comment. ALM also didn't comment.