Ticketmaster is the largest company in the United States, used by tens of millions of Americans each year for events ranging from rock concerts to soccer games. Unfortunately, a serious data breach exposed the personal information of over 500 million customers.
Are you one of them? If so, you may be able to file a class action lawsuit.
Ticketmaster data breach
In May 2024, Ticketmaster discovered a breach in its cloud database. Ticketmaster reports that customers’ accounts are safe, but thanks to a class action lawsuit filed in a California court, customers may be able to get compensation.
This database contains limited personal information from select customers who have purchased tickets to events in North America (United States, Canada, and/or Mexico). This included email, phone numbers, and encrypted credit card information. We also concluded that some personal information was provided to Ticketmaster.
“We take data protection very seriously and have cooperated with relevant authorities, including law enforcement, credit card companies, and banks,” Ticketmaster said. “We are offering 12 months of free identity monitoring services through leading providers to relevant customers.”
How to Join the Class Action Lawsuit Against Ticketmaster
In its simplest form, a class action lawsuit is one in which a class of people (plaintiffs) all file a lawsuit as a class, or one person files a lawsuit on behalf of the class.
In this case, the plaintiff filed a lawsuit against Ticketmaster, citing a high risk of fraud due to the company’s handling of personally identifiable information.
“Defendants disregarded the rights of Plaintiffs and Class Members, inter alia, by willfully, knowingly, recklessly or negligently failing to take appropriate and reasonable steps to ensure that their data systems were protected from unauthorized intrusion,” the Ticketmaster class action lawsuit states. do.
Find out if you qualify here.
How does a class action lawsuit work?
Class action law has evolved over the past several decades. However, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure have a specific rule binding class actions, known as Rule 23. The Legal Information Institute explains what a court must find to approve a class action lawsuit.
- The class size is so large that it is impossible to participate in the activity.
- Class members’ claims share a common question of law or fact.
- The claims or defenses of a proposed class representative are typical of the claims or defenses of the rest of the class.
- The proposed class representation adequately protects the interests of the class as a whole.
Simply put, multiple plaintiffs must all have sufficiently similar claims, so that the judgment will have broadly the same impact on all class members. If so, the matter is before the court. Did all of these plaintiffs actually suffer similar harm from the defendants?
How long does a class action lawsuit take?
Once again the answer is: It depends.
In some cases, the answer comes within 10 minutes! The defendant may try to reach a settlement with the plaintiff and end the case before it even begins. This usually means payment. A settlement can typically take up to nine months or a year, according to Top Class Actions.
But once a class action lawsuit goes to trial, it can take several years, typically two to three years, according to the Cochran Firm.
