An Illinois woman who claims LinkedIn violated its own user agreement and privacy policy is spearheading a class action lawsuit against the business-networking site in wake of the recent loss to hackers of private data. Katie Szpyrka, a registered LinkedIn account holder since 2010, claims the company “failed to properly safeguard its users’ digitally stored personally identifiable information including email addresses, passwords, and login credentials.” Szpyrka, who filed the suit in United State District Court in the Northern District of California, is demanding a jury trial on grounds including breach of contract and negligence. Read the full story at ZDNet.