[Dataloss] (follow-up) Data Breach Suit Against Ohio U. Tossed

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http://www.whec.com/article/stories/S113838.shtml?cat=10054

(AP) COLUMBUS, Ohio - A judge dismissed a lawsuit by two Ohio University 
graduates whose Social Security numbers were among thousands exposed in a 
series of security breaches involving school computers, the university 
said.

Donald Jay Kulpa of Cincinnati and Kenneth Neben of North Bergen, N.J., 
argued their right to privacy had been violated after the security 
breaches were discovered last year.

The lawsuit asked a judge to order the school to pay for credit monitoring 
services for the people whose personal information may have been 
compromised.

Judge J. Craig Wright of the Ohio Court of Claims granted a motion by the 
university Wednesday to dismiss the case, saying the plaintiffs failed to 
prove they suffered damages for which they could be compensated, the 
school said.

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