Blowing the Cyberalarm

Until now, the courts had placed a heavy burden of proof on plaintiffs to show not just that an event occurred but that damages had been suffered. This may begin to change with the opinion handed down in Krottner v. Starbucks. In this case, the court ruled that plaintiffs whose personal information had been stolen had suffered an injury sufficient for them to have standing before the court even though the information had not yet been misused.