LinkedIn hit with $5 million class action suit

By: on 6.19.12
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An Illinois woman who claims LinkedIn violated its own user agreement and privacy policy is spearheading a class action lawsuit against the business-networking site in wake of the recent loss to hackers of private data. Katie Szpyrka, a registered LinkedIn account holder since 2010, claims the company “failed to properly safeguard its users’ digitally stored personally identifiable information including email addresses, passwords, and login credentials.” Szpyrka, who filed the suit in United State District Court in the Northern District of California, is demanding a jury trial on grounds including breach of contract and negligence. Read the full story at ZDNet.

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Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).

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  • Jazz

    It should be fairly easy to change a password. So, why is it so hard for linkedin to reset passwords that have been affected by these hackers? May be linkedin needs more capable people, perhaps? This is harsh, I know. However, it’s going on two weeks now, people, and the problem is still not solved. Another issue to point out is that hackers are becoming more and more clever every day. I’m worried about what might happen next-not just with linkedin.We need to keep our eyes wide open. You would think people would have better things to do than to hack into websites like linkedin and emails, ex. What a sad society we live in today, stealing information on  other people, ex.