So here’s another case where employees are suing their employer after their W-2 data was phished. I wonder how many more lawsuits like this we may see, keeping in mind that I’ve listed over 120 entities whose employees had their W-2 data phished.
Joe Robertson reports:
A Rockhurst University employee hopes to represent some 1,200 school staffers in seeking damages for a data breach last month.
Someone duped university staff into supplying information on IRS W-2 forms, including Social Security numbers, in an act of fraud April 4.
The lawsuit filed Thursday in Jackson County Circuit Court by Alexandria Stobbe said the university was willful and reckless in exposing the personal information in “flagrant disregard” for the employees’ rights to privacy and property.
Read more on Kansas City Star.
They are very brave to do so..maybe they will set a precedent and others will do the same