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Illuminate Education
Case Name (Date)
Chung et al. v. Illuminate Education, Inc.
22-cv-1547, C.D. Cal.
(May 2022)
Cranor et al. v. Illuminate Education, Inc.
22-cv-1404, C.D. Cal.
(July 2022)
Product/Service
Programs and platforms schools use to store information
Allegations
Misleadingly representing that it would protect and safeguard students’ personal data when it failed to adequately do so and there was a data breach
Status
Pending
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