Fourth Circuit Decision in Marriott Data Breach Case Kicks the Can Down the Road

When a company that collected your personal data negligently fails to secure it, you should have accountability and relief—including standing to sue. 

EFF and our friends at Electronic Privacy Information Center filed an amicus brief in late November pointing this out to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in a case arising from the 130 million consumer records stolen from Marriott in 2018.  We detailed the science and evidence demonstrating that people impacted by such data breaches …