Supreme Court Denies Zappos Appeal Seeking to Block Data Breach Lawsuit
The Supreme Court denied an appeal from Amazon online retailer Zappos, allowing a class-action lawsuit about a breach that exposed some 24 million customers’ personal data to proceed. Some 20 Zappos customers claimed data misuse due to the 2012 breach.…
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Industry groups argued those customers can’t prove actual harm or “substantial risk.” Zappos attempted to appeal a 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision stating the lawsuit should proceed because the customers faced substantial risks of identity theft and fraud. Amazon didn’t comment.