Plaintiff Has No Standing in Data Breach Lawsuit, Court Required to Make 'Analytical Jumps by Speculating' Standing
Like Beck, Ellis rejected Podroykin’s claims that he had standing because he alleges that: he suffered emotional distress and fear of potential identity theft and financial fraud from the breach; he overpaid or had the benefit-of-the-bargain injury believing the defendant would protect his information; and he claimed that is personal information values, like credit scores, lowered due to the ransomware attack.