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Data Breach
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Data Protection Report
Vicarious liability in UK data breach-related litigation – is Morrisons a game-changer?
By Steven Hadwin (UK), Jonathan Ball (UK), Ffion Flockhart (UK), Marcus Evans, Ralph Wilkinson (UK)
The High Court in London has handed down a judgment establishing that, as a matter of English law, a company can be held vicariously liable in respect of data breaches caused by…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
What the Heck Was Uber Thinking: Non-Disclosure and Other Missteps After a Data Breach Are Prime Triggers For Regulatory Scrutiny (Part I)
This is the first post in a two-part series about cybersecurity regulations and breach notification requirements. Recent headlines of high-profile cyber-attacks confirm the maxim that the cover up usually causes…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
EU Data Protection Authorities Establish Task Force to Collaborate on Uber Data Breach
On November 29, 2017, the EU’s Article 29 Working Party announced the establishment of a task force to coordinate the plethora of national investigations throughout the EU into Uber’s 2016…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Cottage Health Pays $2M to CA AG for Data Breach
Cottage Health, a three hospital health care system located in California has agreed to pay the California Attorney General’s Office $2 million to settle allegations that it failed to implement…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
North Carolina DHS Notifies 6,000 of Data Breach of Drug Testing Information
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has notified close to 6,000 individuals that a spreadsheet containing the names, Social Security numbers and test results for routine drug…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Privacy Tip #116 – Insider Error or Threat Continue to Cause Data Breaches
You continue to hear that your employees are your biggest risk when it comes to causing a data breach. Recent incidents that we have been involved in that were caused…
Wiley Executive Summary
No Coverage for “Data Breach” Claim under CGL Policy
A Florida federal district court, applying South Carolina law, has held that a claim arising out of a data breach alleging that an insured failed to safeguard personal information did…
Privacy World
Independent Bank Class Action Alleges Specific Equifax Security Failures, Actual Harm and the Threat of Future Harm
In another lawsuit against Equifax, the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), on behalf of thousands of community banks, seeks to hold Equifax accountable for the July 2017 data breach…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Uber paid a ransom to hackers who stole 57 million Uber records last year!
By Peter Vogel
The New York Times reported that Uber fired it security officer after “two hackers stole data about the company’s riders and drivers — including phone numbers, email addresses and names…
It Pays to Be Covered™
Insurance Purchasers Beware: Florida Court Finds No Duty to Defend Data Breach Claim Under CGL Personal & Advertising Injury Coverage
On November 17, 2017, a U.S. district court in Florida narrowly construed personal and advertising injury coverage for data-breach claims under a commercial general liability policy. In Innovak International, Inc.,…