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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Marriott Confirms Over 5 Million Passport Numbers Stolen in Data Breach
Marriott International Inc. has released new numbers relating to its Starwood Hotel’s reservation database by stating that 5 million passport numbers were stolen in the database. After further investigation, Marriott…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Neiman Marcus Settles Data Breach Litigation for $1.5 Million
Neiman Marcus Group LLC has settled an investigation of its 2013 data breach with 43 states and the District of Columbia for $1.5 million. The data breach involved 370,000 credit…
Ad Law Access
Multistate Settles with Neiman Marcus Over 2013 Data Breach
43 State Attorneys General and the District of Columbia announced yesterday a settlement with Neiman Marcus Group LLC resolving the states’ investigation into the company’s 2013 data breach and its security…
Cleary Cybersecurity and Privacy Watch
California District Court Dismisses Securities Class Action After Plaintiffs Failed to Plead that PayPal Knew Magnitude of Security Breach
By Rahul Mukhi, Alexis Collins, Miranda Gonzalez, Roger A. Cooper
On December 13, 2018, the District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a putative securities class action brought against PayPal Holdings, its subsidiary TIO Networks Corp., and several…
CyberAdviser
Some Thoughts on the Year in Privacy and Data Security Law
By Edward J. McAndrew, David M. Stauss
As we turn the page on 2018, let's reflect on some of the key privacy and cybersecurity issues that will continue to occupy our hearts and minds in 2019. Owning the Mega-Breach 2018 was…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
San Diego School System Hack Exposes Data of More than 500,000 Students
The San Diego School System has notified current and former students, as well as some employees, that hackers compromised its system and obtained access to a file that included detailed…
Mike McBride Online
Linked – Revealed: Human Error, Not Hackers, to Blame for Vast Majority of Data Breaches
By Mike McBride
These breaches don’t hit the news cycle in the same way, but they are a lot more common, and they’re just stupid careless mistakes for the most part. “Some 2,124…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
CNIL Fines Uber for Data Security Failure Related to 2016 Data Breach
On December 20, 2018, the CNIL announced that it imposed a fine of €400,000 on Uber France SAS for failure to implement some basic security measures which resulted in the…
LathamGermany
German GDPR Fine Proceedings Conclude Favourably for Defending Company
Germany’s first GDPR fine offers lesson for companies planning a data breach policy. By Tim Wybitul, Wolf-Tassilo Böhm, and Isabelle Brams In November 2018, Germany’s first fine under the General…
Tort Talk
Employer Liability for Data Breach Reviewed by Pennsylvania Supreme Court
In the case of Dittman v. UPMC, No. 43 WAP 2017 (Pa. Nov. 21, 2018), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court addressed the duty of an employer to safeguard sensitive personal information…