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T-Mobile Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit Overview:
- Who: Stephen J.Vash filed a class action lawsuit against T-Mobile on behalf of himself and about 100 million of the company’s customers.
- Why: Vash alleges T-Mobile failed to properly secure and protect his and other class members’ private information from a recent data breach.
- Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in a Georgia federal court.
T-Mobile US, Inc. filed a motion requesting arbitration of Plaintiff Stephen J. Vash’s claims in an August class action data breach lawsuit and staying all proceedings pending the plaintiff’s arbitration.
T-Mobile filed the motion because it says Vash agreed to arbitrate his disputes with T-Mobile as part of the terms and conditions in the agreements he signed when opening his account.
“This court should not relieve plaintiff of the contractual obligation to arbitrate that he willingly undertook. Instead, under the FAA, this court’s role is to enforce the parties’ arbitration agreements and move this dispute into arbitration as quickly as possible. T-Mobile’s motion to compel arbitration should therefore be granted,” the motion states.
Vash claims T-Mobile betrayed the trust of himself and other members of the proposed nationwide class by failing to properly secure the sensitive personally identifiable information (PII) they were required to provide upon signing up with the company.
“T-Mobile disregarded the rights of plaintiff and other members of the proposed class by intentionally, willfully, recklessly or negligently failing to take and implement adequate and reasonable measures to ensure that the PII of plaintiff and other members of the proposed class was safeguarded,” the lawsuit states.
Class Action Says T-Mobile Failed to Protect Private Customer Information
Vash claims he and other class members were required to provide T-Mobile with personal and private information such as last names, birthdates, physical addresses, phone numbers and Social Security numbers, among other information.
T-Mobile should have anticipated the possibility of a cyber attack and was negligent in allowing the data breach to occur, the class action lawsuit claims.
The company also failed to “sufficiently monitor, audit and update its cybersecurity procedures and patch maintenance and timely detect the data breach, mitigate harm and notify consumers of the data breach,” according to the lawsuit.
Vash alleges T-Mobile put him and others at risk of substantial harm or inconvenience by allowing the data breach to occur, including identity theft and fraud. The plaintiff says that those affected by the T-Mobile data breach will also have to spend time and money protecting their information from cybercriminals.
The plaintiff is seeking actual damages, statutory damages and punitive damages, along with restitution, reimbursement for attorney costs and expenses and declaratory and injunctive relief.
Were you affected by the recent T-Mobile data breach? Let us know in the comments!
The plaintiff is represented by John C. Herman, Peter M. Jones and Carlton Jones of Herman Jones LLP.
The T-Mobile Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit is Vash et. al v. T-Mobile US, Inc., Case 1:21-cv-03384-SCJ, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia Atlanta Division.
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440 thoughts onT-Mobile Seeks Arbitration in Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit
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Im affected reallybad all my information socual securiry numbber bank acvout. Evrrytthing has been touched im sooo stressed out. Im a single parents.omg
ADD ME PLEASE I AM A VICTIM OF MY INFORMATION BEING COMPROMISED. SOMEONE FILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS IN MY NAME.
Yes, received an email saying it was
My ssn#, Dl# was compromised and published on the black web . I just received notification through a credit monitoring alert. I had Sprint from 2007 to 2011 or 2012.
my personal information was exposed because of tmobile’s breach back in August 2021. i have credit wise and just got a notification that my information was exposed on the dark web. please add me to this class action.
My PPI was breached. T-Mobile was very careless. My info is on the dark web. How do I join lathe lawsuit?
My personal information was exposed. So sad even my social security and t-mobile only provided mcafee for a year and don’t know what to do every other day I get an alert that my social security was found on 19 different dark web
My ssn, driver’s license number and state were compromised with the TMobile breach and now I am on a do not rent list with Avis/budget due to identity theft.
Please add me to the law suit. My identity has been stolen. They opened a credit card in my name, someone filled for employment benefits in my name and my social security number I’d on the dark net. Tmobile notified me of the breach and gave me McAfee for 2 years.
Somebody keep ordering equipment through my business account and T-Mobile still didn’t do anything to prevent reoccurrence but they want me to pay $6,200 for equipment that I didn’t order, didn’t received and T-Mobile cannot even tell me where order was shipped! I really need advice what to do!!!