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Privacy World
DFS Enters Into $1.5 Million Consent Order With Company In Wake of Widespread Data Breach
By Kristin Bryan, Angelo Carosio
As Katie Sharpless, Alan Friel and Ann LaFrance report at SPB, last month the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) entered into a consent order requiring Residential Mortgage…
Privacy World
DFS Enters Into $1.5 Million Consent Order With Residential Mortgage Company In Wake of Data Breach
By Alan Friel
Correction to the original article: First American Title Insurance Company is not associated or involved with the March 3, 2021 consent decree between Residential Mortgage and New York Department of…
Privacy World
Court Dismisses Data Privacy Litigation Alleging Defendant Failed to Maintain Reasonable Security Procedures in Wake of Data Breach
CPW has been covering data breach litigations, including instances in which meritless claims are kicked by courts at the pleading stage. A recent decision from an Ohio district court is…
Privacy World
In re Blackbaud MDL: Putative Class Representatives May Seek Discovery That Bears On Their Standing To Bring Suit
By Jesse Taylor, Kristin Bryan, Angelo Carosio
Long-time readers of CPW will recall that we’ve previously covered In re Blackbaud, a data privacy multi-district litigation (“MDL”) currently pending in the District of South Carolina. The defendant in…
Privacy World
2021 CCPA Q1 Litigation Report: 35+ Cases Filed, Unsurprising Trend of Data Event Class Actions
It has been a year for the record books for data privacy litigation (and we are only into Q2-who knows what Q3 and Q4 will bring!) CPW has been tracking…
The Data Advisor
Booking.com Fined EUR 475,000 for Failure to Timely Notify Dutch Supervisory Authority of Data Breach
By Jan Dhont, Laura Brodahl, Sam Meijer
The Dutch supervisory authority (the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens or AP) sanctioned the online travel booking platform, Booking.com BV (Booking), with a EUR 475,000 fine for failing to notify a data breach…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Utah is the 2nd State to Create a Safe Harbor for Companies Facing Data Breach Litigation
By Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Jason C. Gavejian, Maya Atrakchi
In mid-March, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed into law the Cybersecurity Affirmative Defense Act (HB80) (“the Act”), an amendment to Utah’s data breach notification law, creating several affirmative defenses for…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Cybersecurity Insurance: Credit Card Data Breaches Come with Extra Costs that May Not be Covered
Like many people, I cannot remember the last time I paid for a dinner out, bought a new pair of pants, or paid an electric bill with cash or a…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Dutch Regulator Fines Booking.com 475,000 Euros for Late Breach Reporting
On March 31, 2021, the Dutch Data Protection Authority, announced a fine of 475,000 Euros for Dutch headquartered online travel agency Booking.com for failure to report a data breach within…
Expert Institute Insights
Debt Agency Settles with 41 Attorneys General Over Data Breach Impacting 21 Million Americans
Medical data collection has hopefully become a little safer. On March 11, 2021, the Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau (doing business as “American Medical Collection Agency” or “AMCA”) entered into a nationwide…