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Data Breach
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Ascend With Winstead
Cybersecurity Awareness Month Alert: Cyberattack? Small Businesses in Texas May Be Protected
By Elizabeth Rogers, Winstead PC
As this year’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month comes to an end, we wanted to highlight a recently enacted piece of legislation that may provide protection for your business in the event…
Class Action Defense Blog
Illinois Federal Court Allows Plaintiffs To Proceed In Data Breach Class Action Anonymously
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Brett Bohan, and Andrew Quay Duane Morris Takeaways: On October 22, 2025, in Doe, et al. v. Veradigm Inc., No. 25-CV-10147, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS…
Privacy + Cyber + AI
Fourth Circuit Finds Public Disclosure Required for Standing in Data Breach Case
By Cindy D. Hanson, Jon S. Hubbard, H. Scott Kelly, Tim J. St. George, Mary C. Zinsner, Noah DiPasquale
Key point: Courts are concluding that not all data breaches should result in a lawsuit. Businesses need to consider causation and damages when responding to an incident and take steps…
Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
Fourth Circuit Finds Public Disclosure Required for Standing in Data Breach Case
By Cindy D. Hanson, Jon S. Hubbard, H. Scott Kelly, Tim J. St. George, Mary C. Zinsner, Noah DiPasquale
Key point: Courts are concluding that not all data breaches should result in a lawsuit. Businesses need to consider causation and damages when responding to an incident and take steps…
Privacy Matters
Australian Clinical Labs ordered to pay AUD5.8 million following cyber incident
By Sarah Birkett, Clarissa Kwee
Australian Clinical Labs (ACL) has been ordered to pay AUD5.8 million for breach of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) following a 2022 cyber incident which impacted the personal…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
BoE, FCA and PRA joint publication – Effective practices: Cyber response and recovery capabilities
By Simon Lovegrove (UK), Charlotte Carnegie
On 20 October 2025, the Bank of England (BoE), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) (the regulators) jointly published observations of effective practices in relation to cyber…
Inside Class Actions
Standing in the Dark: Fourth Circuit Finds Standing for Driver’s License Information on the Dark Web
Courts continue to grapple with the type of “concrete harm” that is required to confer Article III standing under TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, 594 U.S. 413 (2021), particularly in data…
Inside Global Tech
ICO Fines Capita £14 Million Over 2023 Data Breach
In a new post on the Inside Privacy blog, our colleagues discuss a recent £14 million fine imposed by the UK Information Commissioner's Office against Capita following a data breach caused…
Inside Privacy
ICO Fines Capita £14 Million Over 2023 Data Breach
By Mark Young
Earlier this week, the ICO announced that it has fined UK-based outsourcing company, Capita, £14 million under the UK GDPR following a data breach in March 2023 that affected more…
Privacy + Cyber + AI
California Amends Breach Notification Statute
By Bianca Nalaschi, Sadia Mirza
Key Point: California's existing breach notification statute was amended to include more decisive guidelines for reporting to individuals and regulators. On October 5, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB-446…