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University of Minnesota class action overview:
- Who: Plaintiff Jasmyn Martin filed a class action lawsuit against the University of Minnesota.
- Why: The University of Minnesota was subject to a data breach and allegedly did not inform the affected parties for more than a month after learning of the breach.
- Where: The University of Minnesota class action was filed in federal court in Minnesota.
- How to find help: Those who attended or worked at the University of Minnesota within the last 10 years may qualify to participate in a UMN data breach class action lawsuit investigation.
Plaintiff Jasmyn Martin filed a class action lawsuit against the University of Minnesota (UMN) over a recent data breach and the university’s lack of response to the breach.
All faculty, staff and students were informed of the University of Minnesota data breach Aug. 22 after the university became aware of the potential data breach on July 21, the lawsuit claims. In a July 15 dark web post, a hacker claimed to have access to a university data warehouse containing records since 1989 and extracted information on 7 million unique Social Security numbers.
“Despite having been aware of the fact that an unauthorized party had taken its data (the ‘Data Breach’), UMN waited a full month to inform faculty, staff and students, and even the email sent did not constitute notice of the breach,” the University of Minnesota class action says.
University responsible for securing applicant, student and staff data class action claims
The plaintiff applied to the university and then attended it for two years, meaning her data was stolen in the University of Minnesota data breach, including the potential of medical and banking data being included.
The university then has a responsibility to keep the personal data of the class — which includes applicants, staff and both current and former students — secure and failed to do so, the University of Minnesota class action says.
The Minnesota Department of Education recently suffered a data breach that compromised the private data of 95,000 students who have been placed in foster care in the state.
Have you been the victim of a large-scale data breach? Let us know in the comments.
The plaintiff is represented by Karen Hanson Riebel, Kate M. Baxter-Kauf and Carey R. Johnson of Lockridge, Grindal, Nauen PLLP, along with Jon Tostrud and Anthony Carter of Tostrud Law Group PC and Blaine Finley of Cuneo Gilbert and Laduca LLP.
The University of Minnesota class action lawsuit is Martin v. University of Minnesota, Case No. 0:23-cv-02665-WMW-ECW, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.
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