2016 was another year in which data breaches continued to dominate the headlines, a constant reminder to people that their personal information was vulnerable and the target of criminal attacks. Yet, despite the fact that data breaches do not appear to be going away anytime soon, the risk that a company will face litigation following a data breach remains relatively low year-after-year. The reason is likely tied to the difficulty plaintiffs continue to face establishing that they were injured by a breach and, therefore, have standing as a matter of law to bring suit.
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