Things are going from bad to worse for Ashley Madison. Their parent company, Avid Life Media is being sued in the US and the dollar figure is massive. Here’s the info on four lawsuits filed in the US:
At least five lawsuits seeking class-action status have been filed over the hack of cheat-on-your-spouse website Ashley Madison, seeking more than a half-billion dollars, according to North American court records.
Four federal suits had been filed in the United States as of Monday, all of them obtained by NBC News — two in California, one in Texas and one in Missouri. All allege breach of contract, negligence and violation of various state and privacy laws by Ashley Madison and Avid Life Media LLC., its Canadian parent company.
None of the suits has yet been certified as a class action covering the reported 37 million members of Ashley Madison, whom they characterize as having suffered humiliation and harassment over the reported publication of delicate personal information — including credit card data and, in some cases, photos and sexual fantasies — by hackers calling themselves Impact Team.
This is in addition to the lawsuit filed last week in Canada. The lawsuits are asking for $5 million for each person who is part of the lawsuits. Thus this could potentially be a half a billion dollars or more if class action status is granted. Not good news if you are Avid Life Media. The only way this could get worse for them if various state and federal agencies start filing criminal charges against them. Something that may in fact be on the way given the amount of attention that this event has received.
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BREAKING: Ashley Madison Gets Sued…. Again
Things are going from bad to worse for Ashley Madison. Their parent company, Avid Life Media is being sued in the US and the dollar figure is massive. Here’s the info on four lawsuits filed in the US:
At least five lawsuits seeking class-action status have been filed over the hack of cheat-on-your-spouse website Ashley Madison, seeking more than a half-billion dollars, according to North American court records.
Four federal suits had been filed in the United States as of Monday, all of them obtained by NBC News — two in California, one in Texas and one in Missouri. All allege breach of contract, negligence and violation of various state and privacy laws by Ashley Madison and Avid Life Media LLC., its Canadian parent company.
None of the suits has yet been certified as a class action covering the reported 37 million members of Ashley Madison, whom they characterize as having suffered humiliation and harassment over the reported publication of delicate personal information — including credit card data and, in some cases, photos and sexual fantasies — by hackers calling themselves Impact Team.
This is in addition to the lawsuit filed last week in Canada. The lawsuits are asking for $5 million for each person who is part of the lawsuits. Thus this could potentially be a half a billion dollars or more if class action status is granted. Not good news if you are Avid Life Media. The only way this could get worse for them if various state and federal agencies start filing criminal charges against them. Something that may in fact be on the way given the amount of attention that this event has received.
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