Data Breach Lawsuits: A Growing Risk for E-CommerceThe expanding world of Internet commerce likely will generate a corresponding expansion of data breaches, resulting in more e-commerce businesses becoming the targets of consumer class action lawsuits. Breach litigation has become more prevalent as a result of a perceptible legal trend favoring consumers. Courts have tended to allow lawsuits based on a lower threshold for establishing injury.
Source:
Data Breach Lawsuits: A Growing Risk for E-Commerce