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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
City of L.A. Email Blunder Exposes COVID-19 Test Results to All Recipients
Although email seems to be the preferred method of communication during the coronavirus pandemic, an error made by a City of Los Angeles employee is one to learn from and…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Beware, Persons Posing as OCR Investigators Demand PHI, Says OCR Alert
On April 3, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued an alert to covered entities and business associates. Evidently, one or more individuals are posing as OCR Investigators and contacting…
Pannone Corporate News and Opinion
Are the floodgates closing on data protection claims?
There has been an emerging trend for individuals to sue for compensation for breaches of the GDPR including after cyber-attacks. Two recent cases give important guidance to controllers on the…
Law Practice Management by Ellen Freedman
Another Marriott Data Breach!
The most recent issue of Security Week included an article advising of yet another data breach for Marriott Hotels. It may impact as many as 5.2 million of its guests.…
Bill Madden's Blog
UKSC: Vicarious liability; within the scope of employment.
By Bill Madden
The second UK Supreme Court decision handed down this week on vicarious liability was that of WM Morrison Supermarkets plc v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 12, available on the BAILII…
Inside Privacy
UK Supreme Court Rules That Supermarket Is Not Vicariously Liable For Data Breach Committed By Employee
By Mark Young, Dan Cooper, Louise Freeman, Richard Mattick, Fredericka Argent
On 1 April 2020, the UK Supreme Court handed down its ruling in WM Morrison Supermarkets plc v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 12. The Court ruled that Morrisons was not…
Focus on the Data
Once More Unto the Breach: A Timely Lawsuit Raises Questions About the Duty to Notify Clients of a Data Breach
By Nicole Hyland and James Mariani Every day, clients entrust their lawyers with confidential information. Whether in a matrimonial dispute, high-stakes corporate acquisition, commercial litigation, criminal defense matter, or any…
Ride the Lightning
Marriott International: Data Breach of Up to 5.2 Million Guests Confirmed
Naked Security reported on March 31 that Marriott International announced (on March 31) that it has suffered a data breach affecting up to 5.2 million people. That sure seemed like…
Ride the Lightning
Client Sues Law Firm for Failing to Report Data Breach
Law Street reported on March 30 that on March 27, Hiscox Insurance Company Inc. filed a complaint against law firm Warden Grier for concealing a 2016 data breach. The complaint…
LSW Blog
Data Breach Litigation Preparation: What Measures Law firms Need To Consider?
By Ritu Kaushal
If there is one thing that holds enormous importance in this digital world is nothing but data. Today, almost every firm has gone digital, and so has gone data of…