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Data Breach
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CyberAdviser
The Hacked & the Hacker-for-Hire: Lessons from the Yahoo Data Breaches (So Far)
The fallout from the Yahoo data breaches continues to illustrate how cyberattacks thrust companies into the competing roles of crime victim, regulatory enforcement target and civil litigant. Yahoo, which is…
The D&O Diary
Wendy’s Settles Data Breach-Related Derivative Lawsuit
More recent data breach-related D&O lawsuits have been filed in the form of securities class actions, one of which, the Yahoo securities class action lawsuit, recently resulted in a sizable…
Password Protected
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: SEC Disclosure Analysis in Light of Yahoo
By Andrew Konia, Alexander Madrid
On April 25, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced a settlement with Yahoo that constituted its first enforcement action against a public company for failing to disclose a data breach.…
Data Counsel
The Weekly Privacy Rewind
Class Actions Google Seeks Dismissal of BIPA Class Action • Google has sought dismissal of a putative class action lawsuit alleging violations of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). •…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Paper Records Still Problematic for Health Care Providers
Data breaches continue to be an issue for health care providers, as indicated when looking at breaches reported to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), as required by HIPAA. In…
Technology Law Source
UPDATE: All fifty states now have data breach statutes
On July 1, 2018, all fifty states will have active data breach statutes that govern the notification process for companies that experience a data loss incident. Alabama and South Dakota…
Privacy World
Data Breach Laws on the Books in Every State; Federal Data Breach Law Hangs in the Balance
With no central federal data breach law, states have taken the reins, passing an increasing number of laws that require both the protection of citizens’ private data and prompt notice…
Hunton Retail Law Resource
FTC Revises Its Security Settlement with Uber
The Federal Trade Commission has modified its 2017 settlement with Uber Technologies Inc. after learning of an additional breach that was not taken into consideration during its earlier negotiations with…
Eye On Privacy
More Breach Law Changes: Arizona Updates Notice Law
By Liisa Thomas
Arizona’s Governor recently signed HB2154, which expands Arizona’s data breach notice law. The law will go into effect July 20, and will require companies to notify the state attorney general…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Blue Shield of California Notifies Insureds of Disclosure of PHI to Insurance Broker
According to a notification letter sent to an unknown number of patients, Blue Shield of California (Blue Shield), “shared” the protected health information of members with an insurance broker who…