Airport Store Operator Negligence Caused Huge Damages in 2020 Hack, Class Action Lawsuit Alleges - Top Class Actions
Airport Store Operator Negligence Caused Huge Damages in 2020 Hack, Class Action Lawsuit Alleges
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By Anna Bradley-Smith
September 15, 2021
airport store Paradies Shops
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Airport Store Employee Data Breach Class Action Overview:
Who: The Paradies Shops LLC is facing a class action lawsuit following a 2020 data breach.
What: The company has been accused of negligence by a former employee whose social security number and other information was stolen and used.
Where: The lawsuit is being filed on behalf of anyone in the U.S.
Airport store operator, Paradies Shops LLC, which runs more than 850 retail and 170 restaurant locations in more than 100 airports across the United States, was negligent with employee data and caused huge damages to more than 76,000 employees after a 2020 data breach, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
The lawsuit was filed in Georgia on September 10 by lead plaintiff Carlos Ramirez who alleges that the company failed to properly secure and safeguard personal identifiable information it had acquired from airport store operator employees, including names and Social Security numbers.
Ramirez worked at an airport store in Orlando, Fla, from 2007 until 2014, which was owned by The Paradies Shops LLC, and he was required by the company to provide his name and Social Security number.
On February 5, 2021, Ramirez received a letter from the State of Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training saying that a claim for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance had been filed in his name, which requires the entry of a Social Security number. According to the class action lawsuit, Ramirez did not file or authorize this claim and does not know who filed it. This happened more than once, Ramirez says in the claim.
“Plaintiff suffered actual injury in the form of damages to and diminution in the value of his PII—a form of intangible property that Plaintiff entrusted to a company Defendant acquired for the purpose of his employment, which was compromised in and as a result of the Data Breach.”
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By Anna Bradley-Smith
September 15, 2021
airport store Paradies Shops
(Photo Credit: Philip Lange/Shutterstock)
Airport Store Employee Data Breach Class Action Overview:
Who: The Paradies Shops LLC is facing a class action lawsuit following a 2020 data breach.
What: The company has been accused of negligence by a former employee whose social security number and other information was stolen and used.
Where: The lawsuit is being filed on behalf of anyone in the U.S.
Airport store operator, Paradies Shops LLC, which runs more than 850 retail and 170 restaurant locations in more than 100 airports across the United States, was negligent with employee data and caused huge damages to more than 76,000 employees after a 2020 data breach, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
The lawsuit was filed in Georgia on September 10 by lead plaintiff Carlos Ramirez who alleges that the company failed to properly secure and safeguard personal identifiable information it had acquired from airport store operator employees, including names and Social Security numbers.
Ramirez worked at an airport store in Orlando, Fla, from 2007 until 2014, which was owned by The Paradies Shops LLC, and he was required by the company to provide his name and Social Security number.
On February 5, 2021, Ramirez received a letter from the State of Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training saying that a claim for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance had been filed in his name, which requires the entry of a Social Security number. According to the class action lawsuit, Ramirez did not file or authorize this claim and does not know who filed it. This happened more than once, Ramirez says in the claim.
“Plaintiff suffered actual injury in the form of damages to and diminution in the value of his PII—a form of intangible property that Plaintiff entrusted to a company Defendant acquired for the purpose of his employment, which was compromised in and as a result of the Data Breach.”
