Class Claims Over VTech’s Data Breach Dismissed By Federal Judge

(July 24, 2017, 11:16 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A group of plaintiffs alleging putative class claims against digital smart toy maker VTech Electronics North America LLC saw their complaint dismissed by an Illinois federal judge July 5, who found that they failed to properly state their contractual claims based on a 2015 breach of the company’s website that resulted in the theft of customers’ personally identifiable information (PII) (In re VTech Data Breach Litigation, No. 1:15-cv-10889, N.D. Ill.; 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 103298)....