In other cases customers have had trouble filing individual lawsuits for damage because the companies successfully argue that the information--usually credit in

In other cases customers have had trouble filing individual lawsuits for damage because the companies successfully argue that the information--usually credit information--doesn't belong to them, it belongs to the credit card companies. However, in this case, there is no credit card information to muddle up or confuse a case. It's only a users personal information--private messages, moderator requests, reports against other users--that has been compromised because they didn't collect credit card info. And there's an enforced "real names" policy that makes it identifiable.