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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Marriott Announces Massive Data Breach—Illustrates the Importance of Cybersecurity in M&A Due Diligence
By Robinson+Cole's Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Team
Marriott today announced a major data breach, perhaps one of the largest in history. This breach illustrates the often made point that breaches and intrusions happen and go unnoticed for…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Ruling on Common Law Duty to Protect Electronic Employee Data
On November 21, 2018, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania found that a putative class action against UPMC by current and former employees should not have been dismissed. Employers have common…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
2.6 Million Atrium Health Patient Records Compromised by Vendor AccuDoc
Atrium Health and its vendor, AccuDoc Solutions, released a joint announcement this week that AccuDoc’s database of 2.6 million billing records of Atrium Health’s patients has been compromised by a…
Pennsylvania Labor & Employment Blog
Happy Thanksgiving Pennsylvania Businesses and Employers – This Year, The Pennsylvania Supreme Court Is Serving Up Increased Exposure to Liability
By Carol Steinour Young, Sarah Dotzel
While most Americans prepared for the Thanksgiving holiday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued an opinion that establishes new precedent in the ever-developing area of cybersecurity law, and also limits a…
Data Counsel
The Weekly Privacy Rewind
Class Actions Pennsylvania Supreme Court Declares Employers Have Affirmative Duty to Protect Employee Personal Information • According to a recent opinion by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, “an employer has a…
Financial Services Perspectives
Canadian Confidential: Mandatory Data Breach Notifications under PIPEDA
By Bradley
While businesses and consumers were all agog to see the latest variation of the California Consumer Privacy Act passed earlier this year, Canada quietly introduced its latest permutation to the…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Data Protection Authority of Baden-Württemberg Issues First German Fine Under the GDPR
By Dr. Henrik Hanssen, Dr. Stefan Schuppert
In the first fine issued by a German data protection authority under the GDPR, on 21 November 2018 the authority of the German state of Baden-Württemberg (“LfDI”) imposed a fine…
Privacy World
Personal Data Breach Notification Obligations Arise from Various Sources, not Only the GDPR
Since 25 May 2018, controllers experiencing a personal data breach must – as a general rule – notify it to the appropriate supervisory authority. Not all breaches will require notifications:…
Chicago Business Attorney Blog
Facebook Security Breach – Warning and Opportunity
In late September, the social media behemoth Facebook told the World Wide Web that about 50 million accounts had suffered a security breach. Hackers had stolen password tokens for signing…
CyberAdviser
Analyzing the California Consumer Privacy Act’s Private Right of Action
By David M. Stauss, Gregory P. Szewczyk, Malia K. Rogers
For good reason, there has been much discussion about the new privacy rights created by the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), which becomes effective January 1, 2020. Perhaps…