The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by shoe retailer Zappos, a development that will allow a class-action lawsuit over a 2012 data breach to move forward, The Hill reports. A San Francisco–based appeals court first permitted the lawsuit on the ground the incident, which exposed the personal data of 24 million customers, opened victims to identity theft and fraud. Business groups argued the lawsuit should have been dismissed due to the victims’ failure to prove any form of substantial harm. "The factual scenario this case presents — a database holding customers’ personal information is accessed, but virtually no identity theft or fraud results — is an increasingly common one," Zappos argued in its Supreme Court appeal.
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