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Data Breach
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International Financial Law Prof Blog
The Marriott data breach
Marriott International says that a breach of its Starwood guest reservation database exposed the personal information of up to 500 million people. If your information was exposed, there are steps…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
UK Information Commissioner Offers Insight Into GDPR Enforcement Approach
By Odia Kagan
For your GDPR compliance: Have a plan. Try your best. Embrace privacy. UK Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham spoke recently in New Zealand about data breaches and the state of the…
Inside Privacy
Standing Issues in Data Breach Litigation: An Overview
As many data breach litigation cases have demonstrated over recent years, the question of a plaintiff’s standing can be quite important to the outcome of each case. While the Supreme…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Multiple Lawsuits filed Against Marriott After Data Breach – “One of the Largest Digital Infestations in History”
By Robinson+Cole's Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Team
Calling the Marriott data breach “one of the largest digital infestations in history,” a putative class action was filed in Oregon this week seeking up to $12.5 billion dollars in…
Data Counsel
The Weekly Privacy Rewind
GDPR European Regulators Fine Uber Over 2016 Data Breach • British and Dutch privacy regulators issued fines totaling approximately $1.2 million against ride-hailing company Uber over its 2016 data breach.…
Cleary Cybersecurity and Privacy Watch
First German Fine Issued Under the GDPR
By Natascha Gerlach, Natalie Farmer
Knuddels GmbH & Co KG, a German social media app, has received the first administrative fine issued by a German supervisory authority under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). The…
Lancaster Law Blog
PA Supreme Court Finds Employers Must Protect Their Employees’ Personal Data
A few months ago I wrote about the Third Circuit Court of Appeal’s avoidance of ruling on whether employers have a duty to protect their employees’ personal information. We now…
Cybersecurity Legal Trends & Topics
Data breaches are a foreseeable risk and companies owe a common law duty of care when they “create” the risks
On November 21, 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the highest ranking state court in Pennsylvania, ruled that an employer had a common law duty to exercise reasonable care to protect…
The D&O Diary
Marriott Hit with Data Breach-Related Securities Lawsuit
When news of the recent massive data breach at Marriott began circulating late last week, a colleague emailed and asked me how long I thought it would take for a…
Datenschutz
LfDI Baden-Württemberg verhängt erstes Bußgeld nach der DS-GVO
By Dr. Stefan Schuppert, Dr. Henrik Hanssen
Der Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit Baden-Württemberg (LfDI) hat am 21. November 2018 gegen den Betreiber einer Chat Community ("Unternehmen") eine Geldbuße in Höhe von 20.000 Euro wegen…