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Data Breach
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Privacy World
Data Breach Litigation Without a Data Breach? Not So Fast Walmart Says…
By Angelo Carosio, Squire Patton Boggs
The Lavarious Gardiner v. Walmart Inc. et al. case is anything but typical. As a re-cap, back in July 2020, plaintiff filed a class action complaint against Walmart alleging that Walmart…
Cybersecurity Legal Trends & Topics
The SolarWinds Breach: What We Know Now and What Businesses Can Do to Protect Themselves
Earlier this month, we learned that the SolarWinds Orion Platform software builds for versions 2019.4 HF 5 through 2020.2.1*, released between March 2020 and June 2020, were compromised by an…
Business Litigation Blog
Petco Cyberattack Serves as Useful Reminder of Best Practices for Preventing Data Breach
By Naomi D. Barrowclough, Kathleen A. McGee
A putative consumer class action filed in California state court on Friday the 18th against Petco Animal Supplies Stores Inc. (Petco) and its wholly owned subsidiary PupBox Inc. (PupBox) alleges…
Petronella Technology Blog
SolarWinds Breach: Did We Learn Our Lesson Yet?
With time going by and no real response from the White House regarding the SolarWinds breach, it can be pretty easy to forget about it and move on to the…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Personal Data from Thousands of Pension Plan Accounts Breached…Third-Party Service Provider Blamed
One of the last things pension plan participants would want to learn as they get ready to celebrate the Christmas holiday is that personal data from their pension accounts may…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
CafePress to Pay $2 Million in Multi-State Data Breach Settlement
On December 18, seven states have entered into a settlement agreement with e-retailer Cafe-Press for $2 million stemming from a 2019 data breach that exposed information of approximately 22 million…
Inside Privacy
Twitter Fine: a View into the Consistency Mechanism, and “Constructive Awareness” of Breaches
By Mark Young, Shona O'Donovan, Paul Maynard
On December 15, 2020, the Irish Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) fined Twitter International Company (“TIC”) EUR 450,000 (USD 500,000) following a narrow investigation into TIC’s compliance with obligations to (a)…
Security, Privacy and the Law
The SolarWinds Orion Hack: The Basics You Need to Know
By Colin Zick
By now, you have heard about the SolarWinds Orion hack. But what do you need to know about it? First, if you want or need the technical details, the Cybersecurity…
Privacy and Cybersecurity
Maintaining privilege over forensic data-breach reports
By Publisher
<p>Forensic reports that analyze the causes and effects of data breaches have long been a staple of incident response. Involving counsel in preparing these reports, including to maintain privilege over…
Privacy and Cybersecurity
Maintaining privilege over forensic data-breach reports
By Publisher
<p>Forensic reports that analyze the causes and effects of data breaches have long been a staple of incident response. Involving counsel in preparing these reports, including to maintain privilege over…