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No Harm, No Foul in Student Info Sales

Posted on November 19, 2015June 26, 2025 by Dissent

Jack Bouboushian reports:

College-bound students cannot show they were harmed by the ACT and College Board’s sale of their Social Security numbers and other personal information, the Seventh Circuit ruled.

[…]

“A plaintiff’s claim of injury in fact cannot be based solely on a defendant’s gain; it must be based on a plaintiff’s loss. Here, plaintiffs have not alleged that they lost anything of value as a result of the alleged misconduct,” Circuit Judge Michael Kanne said, writing for the three-judge panel.

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