A school cafeteria technology services vendor agreed to pay $1.135 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit that alleged negligence, causing a data breach, Top Class Actions reports. A data breach of PCS Revenue Control Systems between May 2017 and December 2019 impacted nearly 870,000 people. In March 2021, the company announced it was targeted in a data breach, which reportedly compromised personal information, including names, birthdates and Social Security numbers. Class members sued PCS and claimed the company failed to safeguard their information with “reasonable cybersecurity measures.”
11 Aug. 2022
US cafeteria technology services company settles class-action lawsuit
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