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Data Breach
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International Financial Law Prof Blog
Will Equifax Executives Face SEC Charges For Selling Their Shares Before the Public Disclosure of 145 Million Hacked Consumer Files Led to Share Price Collapse?
From mid-May 2017 through July 2017 Equifax, one of the nation’s three major credit reporting agencies, allowed the personal and financial records of 145.5 million American consumers to be collected…
Labor Days
Lessons From Equifax – Trends on Data Breach of Employee Information
The recent Equifax breach data and public missteps in handling the breach has companies revisiting their cybersecurity measures and refreshing their breach response plans. Although not every company has consumer…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Vermont AG Settles with SAManage for $264,000 for Delayed Breach Notification
The Vermont Attorney General (AG) recently announced that it has settled with SAManage USA, a business support services company, for failing to timely notify 660 Vermont residents that their names…
Credit Chronometer
Financial Institution Lawsuits Against Equifax Tempt Consumer Backlash
Joseph Cioffi’s article, “Financial Institution Lawsuits Against Equifax Tempt Consumer Backlash” was published in ValueWalk. Click here to view the full article.
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Is Blockchain the Answer to Identity Management?
By Sean Lawless
Considering the recent Equifax data breach which put an estimated 145.5 million American’s identity at risk, main stream media outlets are starting to ask an important question; if we can’t…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Home Depot Settles Data Breach Class Action Case with Financial Institutions and Counsel for $42.55 million
Following its data breach in 2014, Home Depot was sued by thousands of financial institutions requesting recovery of costs associated with the issuance of new credit and debit cards to…
Cleary Cybersecurity and Privacy Watch
With Equifax Looming, Split On Standing In Data Breach Cases Grows with Recent Decisions
By Rahul Mukhi, Jonathan S. Kolodner, Tanner Mathison
As the Equifax breach litigation gets underway, several recent decisions have widened a split on when and under what conditions customers or other affected individuals may bring claims against a…
Cleary Cybersecurity and Privacy Watch
Yahoo Breach Update
Yesterday, Yahoo announced that the data breach it suffered in August 2013 was much broader than previously believed, affecting all three billion of its users. This announcement comes on the…
Consumer Finance Monitor
State and Local Governments Move Swiftly to Sue Equifax
The cities of Chicago and San Francisco and the Massachusetts Attorney General have filed the first enforcement actions against Equifax following the announcement of a data breach affecting an estimated…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Surprised? Equifax learned about its cyber exposure in March, but failed to do anything!
By Peter Vogel
Rueters reported that former Equifax CEO Richard Smith (who retired suddenly last week) provided written testimony that “Equifax was alerted to the breach by the U.S. Homeland Security Department on…