Air France Customers Drop Lawsuit Over Salesforce Data Breach

Two Air France customers dropped their lawsuit alleging the airline negligently failed to protect the personal information of consumers that was exposed in a data breach affecting its vendor, Salesforce Inc.

Plaintiffs Ethan Allison and Arya Soofiani filed a notice of voluntary dismissal Monday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. The proposed class action was one of scores of federal lawsuits filed against Salesforce, a customer-relationship software and services provider, as well as its clients.

• The plaintiffs alleged that Air France breached its duties under common law, contract law, industry standards, and the Federal ...