Infosecurity reports Georgia's Supreme Court has ruled that state government is not required to protect the personal information of its citizens. The Supreme Court dismissed plaintiff Thomas McConnell's claims of negligence, breach of fiduciary duty and invasion of privacy against the state's Department of Labor, which allegedly mishandled the personal information of 4,457 benefit claimants. "McConnell has not shown that the Department owed him or the other proposed class members a duty to protect their information against negligent disclosure," the court ruling said, adding that an invasion-of-privacy claim lacked merit because the information disclosed was not "offensive and objectionable." The decision is likely to force Georgia companies to reconsider how they deal with state government agencies.
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