Cloud Computing: Recent Cases (US)

1. Craiglist, Inc. v Naturemarket, Inc. 694 F. Supp. 2d 1039

Overview

In a recently decided case, Craigslist, Inc. v. Naturemarket, Inc. ,  Craigslist won a $1.3 million judgment against a seller of software that enabled automatic posting of listings to Craigslist and scraped email addresses from the Craigslist Web site on a variety of causes of action. 

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Craiglist, Inc v Naturemarket, Inc. ( 694 F. Supp. 2d 1039 )

2. Party City Corp. v Superior Court of San Diego County, 86 Cal. Rptr. 3d 721

Overview

In Party City Corp. v. Superior Court of San Diego County ,  the California Court of Appeal held that zip codes are not protected personal identification information, rejecting a class action suit that relied on California’s Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971. The court, referring to the terms of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, found that five-digit zip codes are group, not individual, identifiers because thousands of people have the same zip code. Courts have split on the question of what is necessary to have standing to pursue claims in database security breach cases. Many courts have held that a mere risk of future identity theft is not enough to confer standing. Others have found that standing to pursue claims did exist in such cases. 

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Party City Corp. v. Superior Court of San Diego County (  86 Cal. Rptr. 3d 721  )

3. Re Hannaford Bros. Co. Customer Data Breach Sec. Litig. 613 F. Supp. 2d 108

Overview

In Re Hannaford Bros. Co. Customer Data Breach Sec. Litig. , the court dismissed all but one of the class action lawsuits filed by victims of a data breach. The court allowed claims from consumers who had suffered a direct loss to the consumers’ account and dismissed claims by consumers who had the fraudulent charges reversed or had no fraudulent charges.

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Re Hannaford Bros. Co. Customer Data Breach Sec. Litig.  (   613 F. Supp. 2d 108   )