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Data Breach
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Privacy World
Rare Prosecution Under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 for Data Breaches Caused by Rogue Employee
By Kristin Bryan, Angelo Carosio
As reported in a must-read analysis, the Information Commissioner’s Office has for only the second time in its history successfully prosecuted individuals under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 in order…
Virgin Islands Law Blog
4 Steps to Take After a Data Breach at Your Company
By Tom Bolt
One of the scariest nightmares business owners have is experiencing a data breach at their company. Whether a small business or a multinational corporation, no one wants their customers to…
Data Counsel
New EDPB Draft Guidance Provides Practical Scenarios for Data Breach Notification Analysis Under the GDPR
By Michael Fitzgerald, Benjamin Wanger
In certain cases, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires entities that experience a personal data breach to provide notice of the incident to relevant national supervisory authorities and the…
Proskauer on Privacy
Circuit Split Deepens as Eleventh Circuit Rejects “Risk of Identity Theft” Theory of Standing in Data Breach Suit
On February 4, 2021, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a customer’s proposed class action lawsuit against a Florida-based fast-food chain, PDQ, over a data breach. The three-judge panel rejected the…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
11th Circuit Says Standing in Data Breach Case Requires Actual Harm
Last week, in Tsao v. Captiva MVP Restaurant Partners, LLC (Captiva), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit held that data breach claims arising from increased risk of…
Ride the Lightning
Jones Day Suffers Data Breach, Another Victim of the Hack of Vendor Accellion
Bloomberg Law reported on February 16 that law firm Jones Day had suffered a data breach – yet another breach related to the hack of Accellion, which provides file transfer…
Minding Your Business
Circuit Split Deepens as Eleventh Circuit Rejects “Risk of Identity Theft” Theory of Standing in Data Breach Suit
On February 4, 2021, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a customer’s proposed class action lawsuit against a Florida-based fast-food chain, PDQ, over a data breach. The three-judge panel…
Privacy & Data Security Law Journal
Florida Throws Its Hat Into the Privacy Ring, And It’s Looking A Lot Like California
By Al Saikali
Yesterday, the Governor of Florida threw his support behind a newly introduced consumer data privacy bill (HB 969) which is very similar to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018.…
Business Litigation Blog
11th Circuit Adds to Circuit Split, Holding Threat of Future Harm and Associated Mitigation Efforts Is Not Enough to Confer Article III Standing on Data Breach Victims
Earlier this month, the Eleventh Circuit, in Tsao v. Captiva MVP Restaurant Partners, LLC, No. 18-14959, 2021 WL 381948 (11th Cir. Feb. 4, 2021), affirmed the dismissal of a class-action…
Southeast Financial Litigation Monitor
The Eleventh Circuit Continues to Build on Article III Standing Requirement
By Gregory C. Cook, Jason Tompkins, Meghan E. Pieler
In early November, we wrote about a new Eleventh Circuit decision on Article III standing law which directly held that it was not enough to allege a statutory violation and…