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Or a lawsuit go through where someone can win quite a bit from from data leaks. If each person affected sued and won 100k or so, or even 1k, AT&T would definite
by ThunderSizzle 2y ago
Or a lawsuit go through where someone can win quite a bit from from data leaks. If each person affected sued and won 100k or so, or even 1k, AT&T would definitely be spending money on security.
But it appears $5 or credit monitoring from an agency that also gets hacked is sufficient for class action lawsuits.
- malcolmgreaves 2y agoThat requires people to be rich enough to sue. It takes a lot of money and time to sue. Almost no one has enough resources to do this. The courts are not an effective way to implement this policy. Unless you only want rich people to be able to get justice.
- CityOfThrowaway 2y ago110M people impacted = class action The lawyers work on contingency
- unixhero 2y agoImagine the GDPR fine
- BrandoElFollito 2y agoUp to 4% of income. This is not the end of the world either.
- pas 2y agoshowing damages is hard
- mrguyorama 2y agoClass action suits regularly end up getting you "$5" worth of credit monitoring from the exact company who lost your data. It's a joke. Class action suits as they exist today in the US are an abject failure of justice.
- fn-mote 2y agoIf they end up with the company having to pay anything, it is greater than fines imposed by regulatory agencies… who should be doing this job.
- Borg3 2y agoAnd rich people usually do deals off-court. You will pay me this and we are ok. Because its faster and both sides know they capabilities usually.
- financypants 2y ago“12 months free credit monitoring with auto-renewal”.
- blackeyeblitzar 2y agoMost companies now include clauses that force arbitration and prevent you from using a class action lawsuit. This type of sidestepping of the public justice system should be outlawed, retroactively, with retroactive lawsuits (by extending the statute of limitations), retroactive fines, and retroactive jail time.