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Data Breach
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Inside Privacy
Italian DPA Issues Record Data Privacy Fine
By Luca Tosoni and Dan Cooper On 2 February 2017, the Italian DPA (“Garante”) imposed a record fine of 5,880,000 Euros on a UK company operating in Italy for its…
Data Law Insights
Home Depot Settles Major Data Breach Suit with Financial Institutions for $25 Million
By 1560210056-httpswww.crowelldatalaw.com
On Wednesday, in one of the most high-profile data breach settlements to date, The Home Depot agreed to pay $25 million to settle a consolidated class action involving more than…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Home Depot Settles Data Breach Claims
On March 9, 2017, Home Depot reached an agreement that includes the payment of 25 million dollars and the implementation of new data security measures to resolve a putative class…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Yahoo Breaches Cost Shareholders $350 Million From Lowered Purchase Price, CEO Forfeits $14 Million in Compensation
Yahoo’s troubles for failing to timely disclose security breaches provides rare insight into quantifying the financial and other costs to a company’s shareholders and leadership when a security breach occurs…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Verifone Investigating Breach of its Internal Corporate Network
Verifone, the largest maker of credit card point of sale terminals in the U.S., which assists various industries, including retailers, with credit and debit card swipe and process services, has…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Data Breach Involving CloudPets “Smart” Toys Raises Internet-of-Things Security Concerns
On February 27, 2017, news reports disclosed a major security breach involving Spiral Toys, the seller of the CloudPets brand of internet-connected stuffed animals. The Bluetooth-connected CloudPets toys allow users…
Data Protection Report
Pa. Appellate Court: Employer Owes No Duty of Care to Protect Employee Data Against Breach
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania last month dismissed a class action lawsuit, Dittman v. UPMC, brought by employees of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (“UPMC”) for a 2014 data breach. …
Privacy & Data Security Law Journal
Incident Response: The Increasing Risks to Corporate Legal Departments
By Al Saikali
The consequences of a data breach reached new heights last week when Yahoo announced the resignation of its General Counsel in response to a series of security incidents the company…
ERISA Blog
Yahoo’s data breach costs general counsel his job
Various privacy laws are potentially applicable to businesses, employers and sponsors of employee benefit plans, not the least of which is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). While the…
Byte Back
Yahoo Data Breaches: A Lesson in What Not to Do
By Meghan Rohlf
Internet search giant Yahoo!Inc. (“Yahoo”) revealed last year that it was the victim of two massive data breaches back in 2013 and 2014 that potentially affected more than 1.5 billion…