On December 10, 2014, a Northern District of Illinois court dismissed a data breach class action against a restaurant for lack of standing. Plaintiffs alleged several types of injury in order to demonstrate standing, including a theory that the prices for goods and services implicitly included a fee for protection of personal information, which the court found unpersuasive. The plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal to the Seventh Circuit.
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