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The second class-action lawsuit against Yandex.Food was filed in court due to data leakage

The second class action lawsuit against Yandex.Food was sent to the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow due to the leakage of users' personal data. 24 people joined the new lawsuit.

The applicants demand compensation of 10,000 rubles. for each on the basis of paragraph 2 of Art. 24 of the Law "On Personal Data" and Art. 15 of the Law "On Protection of Consumer Rights". They state that violation of the rights of the subject of personal data should entail compensation for moral damage, regardless of compensation for property damage and losses incurred by the subject.

As Denis Butovichev, chairman of the Interregional Public Organization Responsibility, who represents the interests of the applicants, based on judicial practice, explained to Vedomosti, 10,000 rubles. - the average amount that is collected in claims for violation of consumer rights. He also notes that in order to succeed in court, it is necessary to measure the severity of the consequences for the company and the amount of compensation required: if there are many plaintiffs, the amount will turn out to be impressive anyway.

On March 1, Yandex.Food reported a database leak with customers' personal data. According to data from DLBI, a leak search and darknet monitoring service, Yandex.Food information became publicly available on February 27. The database contained 49.4 million lines with orders, including data on the last name, first name and patronymic of users, their phone number, email address and the total amount of orders.

Later, the data was transferred to the card; Roskomnadzor blocked the resource on March 23 and entered it into the register of violators of the rights of personal data subjects. The RKN also drew up a protocol against Yandex.Food LLC; The company faces a fine of 60 to 100 thousand rubles. The exact amount of the fine will be determined by the court, the meeting will be held on April 21.

On March 24, the head of Yandex.Food, Roman Maresov, apologized to users. On March 30, it became known that 33 users of the Yandex.Food service filed a class action lawsuit with the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow. They demand to pay each of 100,000 rubles. due to data leakage.

The second class-action lawsuit against Yandex.Food was filed in court due to data leakage