Web-Connected Toy Maker Shakes Off Data Breach Class Claims

Consumers failed to convince a federal court that statements on packaging materials for an internet-connected children’s toy created data security contractual obligations (In re VTech Data Breach Litig., 2017 BL 231910, N.D. Ill., No. 15 CV 10889, 7/5/17).

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois July 5 dismissed class claims that a VTech Electronics North America LLC affiliate should be contractually liable for a data breach that compromised the personal data of 4.8 million adults and 6.3 million children. The statements that were advertised on the toys’ packaging aren’t parts of a single contract that ...