Inmate’s Privacy, FCRA Claims Over Vendor’s Data Breach Survive Dismissal

Mealey's (December 13, 2019, 1:42 PM EST) -- SCRANTON, Pa. — A Pennsylvania federal judge on Dec. 11 denied a motion by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) to dismiss an inmate’s allegations of violation of his privacy rights and the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), finding that the inmate has standing to sue over a DOC vendor’s data breach that exposed his personally identifiable information (PII) (Daryl Locke v. John Wetzel, et al., No. 3:19-cv-00499, M.D. Pa., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 213648)....