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Data Breach
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Inside Privacy
D.C. Circuit: Data Breach Plaintiffs Plausibly Allege ‘Substantial Risk’ of ID Theft Sufficient to Support Standing
Customers’ allegations that they face a substantial risk of identity theft as a result of a 2014 data breach are sufficiently plausible to allow their suit against health insurer CareFirst…
Cleary Cybersecurity and Privacy Watch
D.C. Court Issues Significant Data Breach Decision
By Jonathan S. Kolodner, Rahul Mukhi, Daniel Ilan, Michael H. Krimminger, Katherine Mooney Carroll
On August 1, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that policyholders of the health insurer CareFirst had standing to sue the company after their…
The D&O Diary
Deepening Circuit Split on Data Breach Suit Standing
In the latest decision in which class action consumer data breach claimants have been successful in establishing the requisite standing to pursue their claims, on August 1, 2017, the D.C.…
Federal Securities Law Source
Learning from Yahoo!’s missteps: Meeting SEC disclosure obligations after a cyber-attack
In July 2016, Verizon announced it would buy Yahoo! for an unprecedented $4.83 billion. Several months later, Yahoo! disclosed two massive data breaches that affected 1.5 billion people, threatening to…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Data Breach at Italy’s No. 1 Bank Exposes 400,000 Accounts
Italy’s top bank, UniCredit SpA, is yet another victim in a series of cyberattacks exploiting vulnerabilities in the financial services industry. Criminals made off with biographical and loan data from…
Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog
Appeal Over Stay In Federal Court In Cyber Coverage Dispute Continues While State Court Action Proceeds
In a recently filed brief in the Ninth Circuit, Cottage Health argued in support of the federal district court’s stay of Columbia Casualty’s lawsuit against Cottage Health in favor of…
Information Bytes
It’s readiness season
Hurricane season is in full swing. As I write this, Tropical Storm Emily is drenching Florida, and the governor has declared a state of emergency. Having lived in Florida myself,…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
D.C. Circuit Says Customers Have Standing to Sue Health Insurer for Data Breach
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe D.C. Circuit ruled today that a group of CareFirst customers, proceeding as a class, had standing to sue the health insurer for its…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
OCR Releases Improved Data Breach Reporting Tool
On July 25, 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights announced the release of an updated web tool that highlights recent data breaches of…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Ashley Madison Settles Data Breach Case for $11.2M
Ashley Madison, which suffered a data breach in 2015 [view related posts here] involving the loss of 37 million users’ personal and financial information, has settled the suit for $11.2…