[20210722]LSB10629_隐私法和私人诉讼权：TransUnion诉Ramirez案后的立场.pdf

CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i Privacy Law and Private Rights of Action: Standing After TransUnion v. Ramirez July 22, 2021 Data privacy continues to be an important issue for legislators at both the state and federal levels, and a frequent consideration for privacy legislation is whether consumers will be able to sue those who violate their privacy rights. The availability of federal courts to hear litigation implicates the constitutional doctrine of standing: the notion that a federal court may only hear a claim that alleges a “case or controversy” between the plaintiff and the defendant. In the Supreme Courts recent decision in TransUnion, LLC v. Ramirez, the Court addressed whether a class of more than 8,000 plaintiffs alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) had standing given that many of the plaintiffs alleged no harm other than the FCRA violations themselves. The Courts analysis in TransUnion and the outcome of the casein which the Court determined that only 1,853 class members had standing to suemay be a blueprint for federal courts addressing questions of standing in future claims involvin