If you were a customer of Ashley Madison and the confidential information which had been hacked was your name or identity and sexual preferences, would you really want to add your name to a class action suit? And what about damages? “Even if a class action is launched, it’s difficult in privacy cases to assess what the damages are, particularly where they’re not financial in nature.” What exactly are you going to claim are your damages? Loss of spousal affection? Divorce? Is that really Ashley Madison’s fault? Good questions, eh?
Source: Will Ashley Madison customers launch class action over hacking incident?