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Data Breach
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Ride the Lightning
Law Firm Hackers Up Ransom Demand to $42 Million, Claim to Have Dirt on Trump
Here I am citing Variety again (strange times indeed), which reported on May 15th that the cybercriminals who stole a ton of private data from New York entertainment law firm…
Tech Law Blog
Irish Data Protection Commission issues first GDPR fine
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has issued its first fine under the GDPR. Tusla, the child and family state agency, has been fined €75,000 for three data breaches. It has…
Mike McBride Online
What I’m Sharing (weekly) – May 17, 2020
By Mike McBride
Underestimated: Law Firm Data Breaches Will our digital lives leave a fossil record? Don’t Bet the Farm on Slack Space Hackers Spoofing Zoom to Obtain Credentials and Passwords – Makes…
Eye On Privacy
D.C. Amends Data Breach Notification Law, Adds Security Requirements
By Julia Kadish
At the end of March, Washington, D.C. signed the Security Breach Protection Amendment Act of 2019, which adds some significant changes to D.C.’s existing data breach law, first enacted in…
Ride the Lightning
Law Firm to Celebrities Suffers Major Data Breach
Variety (a source I've never used before) reported on May 9 that Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, a large media and entertainment law firm, appears to have been the victim…
Privacy Blog
Private Rights of Action and the CCPA—Unlimited Limitation?
By Nate Garhart
As we are all well aware by now, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) (Cal. Civ. Code Sections 1798.100 et seq.) went into effect on Jan. 1. Through its amendments…
HeplerBroom Blog
Law Firm Faces Off Against Carrier/Client for Data Breach
By Glenn Davis
An Unexpected Adversary and Risk in Notice Decisions? You expect consumer complaints and even class action threats in the wake of a law firm data breach. But does a defense…
Security, Privacy and the Law
GDPR, CCPA and Now, the NY SHIELD Act: Additional Data Security Responsibilities for Companies Holding the Private Information of NY Residents
On March 21, 2020, the last of the features of the NY Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (“SHIELD Act”) became effective: its data security requirements. The SHIELD…
The D&O Diary
LabCorp Board Hit with Derivative Suit Over Third-Party Service Provider’s Data Breach
With coronavirus-related developments consuming all of the attention these days, it might be easy to forget other unrelated claims trends are continuing to develop and unfold. One important pre-pandemic trend…
Cybersecurity Legal Trends & Topics
The Life of a Data Breach: The “Gift” That Keeps on Giving
You are in a fantasy football league registered under your email and your password. Unbeknownst to you, however, the league’s site has been breached, and access credentials have been stolen. …