Sealy Beds Online Sales Led to Exposure of Credit Card Info, Plaintiff Claims

A plaintiff in Georgia has lodged a lawsuit on behalf of herself and other similarly situated consumers who may have had their data exposed after purchasing Sealy beds online. The data breach lawsuit alleges that debit card and credit information and customers personal information could have been exposed in a data breach.

As argued in the lawsuit, customers who purchased Tempur-Pedic, Stearns & Foster, or Sealy beds online were never warned about the risks of their data being exposed in a breach. Plaintiff Michelle Provost claims that by failing to provide appropriate notice to consumers, the defendants prevented Class Members from taking action to protect themselves from the security breach.

The plaintiff claims that she and others would not have purchased Sealy beds online if they had known that the company did not have appropriate data security practices or computer systems that would help to safeguard consumers’ private information from being stolen.

The lawsuit says that as a result of purchasing Sealy beds online, the plaintiff suffered actual injury from having her personal details compromised and stolen because of the security breach. Other consumers may be in a similar position after purchasing Sealy beds online, the plaintiff claims, because they will face an increased risk of misuse, identity theft and future fraud because of their personal information being exposed to possible criminals.

Any consumers who purchased Sealy beds online may be exposed to data breaches in the future for many years to come. Without appropriate knowledge that such a data breach occurred, the plaintiff claims consumers may not be able to take necessary steps to protect themselves.

Provost says that after purchasing Sealy beds online and having her personal data exposed for the hackers or identity thieves, she was not reimbursed for any fraudulent charges on her account. Allegedly, the sale of the plaintiff’s personal information, in addition to that of other Class Members, exposes a number of different consumers who have purchased Sealy beds online before October 2016 to a risk of identity theft and credit fraud in this particular situation.

According to the lawsuit, in February of 2016, an unauthorized electronically accessed malware system that was designed to capture historical payment card information on the platform on the site, including 40 other online retailers, was exposed.

The security breach was initially discovered in November of 2016, and federal law enforcement agencies were contacted by the company in December 2016. However, end consumers who may have had their data exposed as a result of purchasing Sealy beds online were not notified until April 2017.

The Tempur Sealy Data Breach Lawsuit is case 1:17-CV-02120-DLR filed in the United States District Court Northern District of Georgia.

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