9th Circuit Finds Zappos Customers Have Standing To Sue Over Data Breach

Mealey's (March 9, 2018, 9:57 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Reversing a trial court’s dismissal order, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 8 found that customers of Zappos.com Inc. have standing under Article III of the U.S. Constitution to sue the online retailer over a 2012 data breach based on the risk of identity theft from the exposure of their personally identifiable information (PII) (In re Zappos.com Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, No. 16-16860, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 5841)....