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Facebook the target for UK data breach representative action
As part of our recent look at the rise of data protection representative actions across Europe (see here Part 1 and Part 2), we predicted a continued increase in such…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Home Depot Agrees to Pay $17.5 Million in Multistate Settlement Following 2014 Data Breach
On November 24, 2020, a multistate coalition of Attorneys General announced that The Home Depot, Inc. agreed to pay $17.5 million and implement a series of data security practices in…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Home Depot Settles Data Breach Multi-state Enforcement Action for $17.5 Million
Home Depot has agreed to settle a multi-state enforcement action by 46 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. arising from the data breach that occurred in 2014. Home Depot has agreed…
Privacy World
5 Ways Health Cos. Can Reduce Pandemic Cybersecurity Risk
By Kristin Bryan, Angelo Carosio
Yesterday CPW covered how one hospital was recently hit with two data breach class actions after a former employee accessed patient records without authorization. Well, for entities in the healthcare…
Perkins on Privacy
Credit Card Data Breach Results in Multi-State $17.5 Million Settlement
By David T. Biderman, Tommy Tobin
Yesterday, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced a $17.5 million multi-state settlement with The Home Depot, Inc. regarding a data breach affecting point-of-sale systems at the retailer’s facilities. The breach…
Privacy World
Ongoing Data Breach Dispute Underscores Emerging Legal Issues in Data Privacy Litigation
From consumers and merchants to financial institutions and investors, fraud is a global problem that damages healthy economic growth. Two sobering statistics illustrate that as the world has become more…
Data Protection Report
German Court cuts multimillion GDPR fine by 90%
By Christoph Ritzer (DE), Natalia Filkina (DE)
In December 2019, the German Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (“Federal DPA”) levied a € 9.55m fine against 1&1 Telecom (“1&1”), a German telecom company. On…
Proteus Discovery Group Blog
Breach Fatigue Is Real
I write this post from my childhood bedroom. Yesterday, life gave me an unplanned analogy for parenthood and corporate data breaches.
Inside Cybersecurity & Privacy Law
Marriott International, Inc. Fined £18.4m for Personal Data Breach by the UK ICO Under the GDPR (Reduced From £99.2m)
By Mark A. Prinsley, Oliver Yaros, Valerie Vanryckeghem, Reece Randall, Ondrej Hajda
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) announced on 30 October 2020 that it has decided to fine Marriott International, Inc. (“Marriott”) £18.4m under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) for…
Data Privacy Dish
Webcast: How to Adapt Your Incident and Breach Response Strategy to Today’s Regulatory Environment
Greenberg Traurig Shareholder David A. Zetoony will be a speaker during American Lawyer Media’s webcast, “How to Adapt Your Incident and Breach Response Strategy to Today’s Regulatory Environment,” on Wednesday,…