Shorter University facing class action over students’ stolen info

ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) – A Georgia university is the subject of a class action lawsuit alleging student information was stolen from the university in September.

Erin Bishop filed the lawsuit on Feb. 20 against Shorter University alleging the institution didn’t keep students’ private information safe and had files in its possession stolen in the fall. The lawsuit alleged personally identifiable information such as names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, billing information and personal health information was stolen from an unlocked filing cabinet in an unlocked room.