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Data Breach
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International Financial Law Prof Blog
ABA Issues Model Rule: Lawyers’ Obligations After an Electronic Data Breach or Cyberattack
Download Aba_formal_op_483 Model Rule 1.4 requires lawyers to keep clients “reasonably informed” about the status of a matter and to explain matters “to the extent reasonably necessary to permit a client…
Inside Privacy
Canadian Privacy Commissioner Releases Official Guidance as Data Breach Law Takes Effect
Canada’s new data breach law, The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”), took effect on November 1. Official guidance released by the country’s Privacy Commissioner explains a few of…
Technology Law Dispatch
Morrisons loses appeal against class action data breach
By Cynthia O’Donoghue, Nona Keyhani
On 22 October 2018, the supermarket chain Morrisons lost its appeal to the High Court ruling that it is liable for a data breach that resulted in thousands of its…
Bright Law Blog
Third Notifiable Data Breaches report released
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has released its quarterly report on the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme for July to September 2018. It shows 245 data breaches affecting…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Connecticut Requires 24 Months of Credit Monitoring for Certain Security Breaches
Effective October 1, 2018, Connecticut law requires organizations that experience a security breach affecting Connecticut residents’ Social Security numbers to provide 24 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals. Previously,…
Employment Privacy Blog
Attorneys Must Consider Ethical Obligations Associated with a Data Breach
Most attorneys are well aware of statutory obligations that require private and governmental entities to notify individuals of data breaches that involve the loss or disclosure of personally identifiable information. …
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Parties Seek to Settle Yahoo Data Breach Class Action for $50M
We previously wrote about the Yahoo data breaches, subsequent class action pending in California, and the company’s estimate of potential settlement costs. Based on the Plaintiffs’ recent Motion for Preliminary…
Global Workplace Insider
Vicarious liability in the data breach context – bad news for UK employers
By Amanda Sanders (UK), Catrina Smith (UK)
The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision of the High Court holding that an employer can be vicariously liable for data breaches caused by the actions of an employee,…
Louisiana Law Blog
Update on Data Breach Class Actions
By Kean Miller
By the Data Security & Privacy Team While an ocean away, supermarket Morrisons’ loss in the United Kingdom’s appellate court should act as a warning to all United States-based and…
Eye On Privacy
DealerBuilt Settles with New Jersey Over Data Breach
By Liisa Thomas
The New Jersey attorney general recently announced its settlement with software company LightYear Dealer Technologies, LLC- doing business as DealerBuilt- over a 2016 data breach. The company provides its clients,…