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Data Breach
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Privacy Zone
And They’re Off… The First Data Breach Suit Citing CCPA Was Filed This Week
On February 3, 2020, Bernadette Barnes, a private resident of California (on behalf of herself and others similarly situated), brought the first data breach suit citing CCPA ever. The suit…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
CCPA Data Breach Class Action Litigation Begins
By Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Jason C. Gavejian
As reported by Bloomberg Law, data breach class action litigation has begun under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Filed in the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division, a…
Inside Privacy
CCPA Cited for the First Time in Litigation
In a complaint filed on Monday involving an alleged data breach, Barnes v. Hanna Andersson, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)—the State’s comprehensive privacy law that went into effect on…
Israel Global Gateway
DLA Piper GDPR Data Breach Survey 2020
By Israel Group
Over 160,000 data breach notifications have been reported across the 28 European Union Member States plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein since the GDPR came into force on 25 May 2018…
LawSites
Ransomware Attacks Hit Three Law Firms in Last 24 Hours
By Bob Ambrogi
Five U.S. law firms -- three in the last 24 hours -- have been among the companies and organizations targeted by a new round of ransomware attacks. In two of…
Wiley Executive Summary
Ransomware Attack Involves “Direct Physical Loss of or Damage to” Software, Data and Computer Systems
A Maryland federal district court has ruled that a ransomware event involved “direct physical loss of or damage to” software, data, and computer systems, thus triggering coverage under a businessowner’s…
All About eDiscovery
Industry Forecast for Data Breaches 2020: What All Smartphone Users Should Know
As we become increasingly reliant upon our phones, we make ourselves more vulnerable to cyberattacks. Indeed, Experian’s 2020 edition of its annual Data Breach Industry Forecast details five predictions for…
Ride the Lightning
2020 Brings New Data Breach Laws
Why oh why don't we have a federal data breach law? Never mind, a rhetorical question. But because we don't have a federal data breach law, complying with changing state-level…
Of Digital Interest
CCPA and ‘Reasonable Security’: A Game Changer
On January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) went into effect. The CCPA applies to a wide range of companies and broadly governs the collection, use…
Employer Perspectives
Key Employment Law Cases in 2020
By Christopher Fisher, George Aldous
The Supreme Court is set to be busy with employment law cases in 2020. Below, we take a look at some of the most important cases coming up this year…