A recent survey of data breach litigation found that the average settlement award in these cases was approximately $2,500 per plaintiff. Despite those awards, companies often have been able to resist class-action lawsuits. Recent cases have been breaking down the court s resistance to class certifications, raising the stakes in data breach and privacy cases. The threshold for demonstrating actual or potential harm may be changing at a time when big data and cloud computing are raising the level of risk exponentially for companies.
Source: https://threatpost.com/attorneys-warn-increased-risk-big-data-breach-lawsuits-102512/77155/