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<I>Semper Fi</I>: Learning From The Marines’ Data Breach
Semper Fidelis is the U.S. Marines’ motto – “always faithful.” Perhaps an ironic twist of phrase in the context of its recent and preventable data breach. Let’s recap. The Marine Forces…
Privacy and Cybersecurity Perspectives
Yahoo to Pay $80 Million to Settle Securities Class Action Based on Data Breaches
Yahoo agreed to pay shareholders $80 million to settle a federal securities class action suit, as detailed in the parties’ March 2, 2018 proposed settlement agreement filed with the court.…
Cleary Cybersecurity and Privacy Watch
Supreme Court Declines to Review Standing in the Data Breach Context Despite Ongoing Circuit Split
By Rahul Mukhi, Tanner Mathison
Late last month, the Supreme Court declined to review the D.C. Circuit’s decision in CareFirst v Attias. In CareFirst, the D.C. Circuit ruled that the mere theft of personal information…
The D&O Diary
Yahoo Settles Data Breach-Related Securities Suit for $80 million
The newly disclosed $80 million settlement of the Yahoo data breach-related securities class action lawsuit will not make the list of the Top 100 securities suit settlements, but it is…
Banking Law Update
Financial Institutions . . . In the News
Monday Mar052018 Maine banks encountered a positive 2017 and 2018 looks promising. (The Ellsworth American 3.5.2018) Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell plans gradual increase in interest rates. (PPH 3.1.2018) Equifax…
CyberAdviser
Oregon, New York, Alabama, and Rhode Island Join List of States Considering Data Breach Legislation Post-Equifax
By David M. Stauss, Gregory P. Szewczyk, J. Matthew Thornton
In the absence of federal action, state legislators continue to propose bills that would increase data privacy and security protections for consumers. Any entity that does business in these states…
High-Tech Law Blog
Privacy Law – The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – Data Breaches
We will be doing a number of posts on the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) as it will be taking effect in May of 2018. Unlike its predecessor…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Equifax only had $75M in cybersecurity insurance but expect claims of at least $275M!
By Peter Vogel
Reuters reported that Equifax’s 2017 cyber incident where +147M consumers’ data was stolen included “costs mainly reflect technology and data security upgrades, legal fees, and free identity theft protection and…
Eye On Privacy
Privacy, Data Security, and Your Board: Day Four
In our fourth installment of privacy, data (cyber) security, and your board, we look at crisis management and data breach issues. As part of providing appropriate duty of care and…
Information Bytes
Bad news on law firm data security
By Peter Sloan
It all seemed so routine, so straightforward. The case was settled, with a $500,000 payment to be made to the approved settlement administrator. The law firm received an email from…