Anne Bucher  |  February 24, 2015

Category: Closed Class Actions

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LinkedIn

LinkedIn Corp. has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit alleging it did not adequately safeguard the passwords and personal information of users who subscribed to its premium services. If you paid a fee to LinkedIn for a premium subscription, you may be entitled to benefits from the class action settlement.

LinkedIn, which operates a popular professional networking website, was affected by a massive data hack in 2012, which resulted in the “hashed” passwords of more than 6 million users being posted online. The LinkedIn class action lawsuit accused the professional networking site of failing to implement industry standard security measures to protect user data. Specifically, LinkedIn was accused of failing to store users’ personal information and login information in “salted” and “hashed” format, which allegedly would have prevented hackers from accessing the data. According to the LinkedIn class action lawsuit, LinkedIn only used hashing and failed to salt users’ passwords.

“LinkedIn, by its own admission, … did not use these industry-standard protections for its users’ personal information,” the LinkedIn class action lawsuit alleged. “Instead, LinkedIn used an easily-cracked encryption algorithm abandoned by government agencies more than 6 years prior, and then failed to secure its website—and, more importantly, its users’ information stored on its back-end servers—from a relatively common SQL injection attack.”

LinkedIn denies any wrongdoing but agreed to settle the class action lawsuit to avoid the uncertainty and expense associated with ongoing litigation. The LinkedIn class action settlement was preliminarily approved on Jan. 29, 2015.

Who’s Eligible

If you paid a fee to LinkedIn for a premium subscription at any time between March 15, 2006 and June 7, 2012, you may be eligible for benefits from the LinkedIn class action settlement. To be eligible for payment, Class Members must assert that they were influenced by LinkedIn’s statements in the User Agreement or Privacy Policy about its security policy when they decided to sign up for a premium subscription.

Potential Award

Up to $50. LinkedIn has agreed to create a $1.25 million class action settlement fund. While Class Members may submit a claim for up to $50 from the LinkedIn settlement, the amount each claimant will be paid depends on the number of valid claims submitted. If there are so many claims that each Class Member with a valid claim would receive less than $10, the LinkedIn class action settlement may be revised.

Proof of Purchase

N/A

Claim Form Deadline

5/2/2015

Case Name

In re: LinkedIn User Privacy Litigation, Case No. 12-cv-03088-EJD, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Final Hearing

6/18/2015

UPDATE: A California federal judge gave final approval to the LinkedIn user privacy class action settlement on Sept. 15, 2015.

Claims Administrator

LinkedIn Privacy Settlement Administrator
P.O. Box 40007
College Station, TX 77842-4007
1-877-790-2130

Class Counsel

Jay Edelson
Rafey S. Balabanian
Ari J. Scharg
J. Dominick Larry
EDELSON PC

Laurence King
Linda Fong
David Straite
KAPLAN FOX & KILSHEIMER LLP

Defense Counsel

Michael G. Rhodes
Matthew D. Brown
Benjamin H. Kleine
Kathlyn Querubin
COOLEY LLP

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8 thoughts onLinkedIn User Privacy Class Action Settlement

  1. david says:

    On Facebook someone is writing this claim was paid. Is this true?

  2. walter coleman says:

    I have an issue. I used the addon button. and dint get a response. That is what you are talking about, isn’t it?

  3. Top Class Actions says:

    UPDATE: A California federal judge gave final approval to the LinkedIn user privacy class action settlement on Sept. 15, 2015.

  4. Sherry says:

    Maybe another lawsuit should be filed for nonpaying customers.

  5. Ursula says:

    It makes no sense that only paid members are allowed to claim within this lawsuit. It sounds to me like everyone who was a member had their passwords jeopardized. If your back servers are not properly encrypted, then everyone is at risk. What about us?

  6. Morty says:

    This one will likely be this fall if its not appealed.

  7. Phillipp Ostrovsky says:

    Never paid fees but LinkedIn did reveal all my personal information… That’s fraudulent… asked to close account they never did still get emails

  8. Tammy says:

    What about all the people who didnt pay for their subscription but their email box is being bombarded with all these unknown people asking to please be linked with you. I must get 2 or 3 a day???

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