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Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of 8.5M Consumers in Fidelity National Data Breach Case

Jaikumar Vijayan writes on ComputerWorld:

A California law firm has filed a class-action lawsuit against Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) and one of its subsidiaries over an incident involving the potential compromise of personal data belonging to 8.5 million consumers.

The lawsuit was filed last week in federal court for the Central District of California. It does not seek specific damages, but it accused FIS and Certegy Check Services, the subsidiary involved in the breach, of negligence, invasion of privacy and breach of implied contract.

The complaint, filed on behalf of 8.5 million consumers by the San Francisco-based law firm of Girard Gibbs LLP, charged both companies with failure to implement and maintain adequate security measures for protecting confidential financial information belonging to consumers. The suit also alleged that the companies failed to properly monitor and supervise the activities of employees entrusted with consumer data.

A spokesman for FIS and Certegy did not immediately respond to a call for comment.

posted by Fergie @ 8/21/2007 02:28:00 PM