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Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Australia Enacts New Data Breach Notification Law
On February 13, 2017, the Parliament of Australia passed legislation that amends the Privacy Act of 1988 and requires companies with revenue over 3 million AUD (2.3 million USD) to…
Information Bytes
What’s our privacy worth? According to the Verizon/Yahoo deal, about 23 cents.
By Peter Sloan
News reports today indicate that Verizon is pushing ahead with its purchase of Yahoo's core internet business, despite Yahoo's massive data breaches. Yahoo suffered a breach of 500 million user…
Password Protected
Eighth Circuit Undoes Target Data Breach Settlement Class
The $10 million settlement class in the Target data breach case was unraveled by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in a recent decision that will force the district court…
Class Action Countermeasures
Eighth Circuit Undoes Target Data Breach Settlement Class
Today, we at Class Action Countermeasures are proud to post an analysis of the recent Target litigation appellate opinion by members of our class action and data privacy groups: Laura A. Lange, Shawna…
Employment Law Matters
Internet scammers are trolling for employee data . . . and HR inadvertently may be providing it.
Every January 31, employers who are scrambling to meet the deadline for mailing W-2 forms to their employees have discovered that scammers are trolling for that very information. This year,…
ContractsProf Blog
Weekly Top Ten SSRN Contracts Downloads (February 16, 2017)
By Mark Burge
SSRN Top Downloads For Contracts & Commercial Law eJournal RankDownloadsPaper Title 1 751 Risk and Anxiety: A Theory of Data Breach Harms Daniel J. Solove and Danielle Keats Citron George…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Arby’s Investigating Payment Card Breach
Arby’s has announced that it is investigating its payment card systems after Brian Krebs first reported the incident. According to reports, malware placed on Arby restaurants’ payment card systems allowed…
Carpe Datum Law
Key Takeaways from OCR’s Latest HIPAA Fine: Hospital to Pay $3.2 Million for Its Cybersecurity Violations
By Natalya Northrip, CIPP/US, CIPP/E
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), has announced a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) civil money…
Global Privacy & Security Compliance Blog
Keeping Your Company’s Data Safe This Tax Season
By Jennifer Archie and Alex Stout Tax-related identity theft is nothing new, but tax season 2016 took tax schemes to a new level. Last year, our cyber experts advised a…
ContractsProf Blog
Weekly Top Ten SSRN Contracts Downloads (February 9, 2017)
By Mark Burge
SSRN Top Downloads For Contracts & Commercial Law eJournal RankDownloadsPaper Title 1 739 Risk and Anxiety: A Theory of Data Breach Harms Daniel J. Solove and Danielle Keats Citron George…