Thomson Reuters Hit With Privacy Class Action in Michigan Over Display of Social Security Data on Research Platforms

Thomson Reuters America Corp. was hit with a class action Thursday that accused it of breaching a Michigan state privacy law by publicly displaying five sequential digits of individuals’ Social Security numbers on its CLEAR and Westlaw PeopleMap platforms.

       

Thomson Reuters America Corp. was hit with a class action Thursday that accused it of breaching a Michigan state privacy law by publicly displaying five sequential digits of individuals’ Social Security numbers on its CLEAR and Westlaw PeopleMap platforms.