Topic
Data Breach
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Inside Privacy
Cyber Insurer Seeks to Void Data Breach Coverage Because of Purported Misstatements in Policy Application
By John Buchanan, Ben Duke, Scott Levitt
Cyber insurers commonly require insureds to complete detailed applications, often including extensive technical disclosure and risk self-assessments. The complaint recently filed by the insurer in Columbia Casualty Co. v. Cottage…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Raytheon/Ponemon survey confirms companies wait until an event to hire a data security vendor
The results of a Raytheon commissioned Ponemon study released on June 7, 2016, shows that at least two-thirds of businesses wait until they have experienced a cyber-attack or data breach…
California Peculiarities Employment Law Blog
Phishing: Data Breach Is “Chalkdust Torture”
By Nabeel Ahmad
Seyfarth Synopsis: Hernandez v. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc., a case stemming from a phishing scam, emphasizes the need for California employers to implement comprehensive data protection and data breach notification policies…
The Global Privacy Watch
Phishing: Data Breach Is “Chalkdust Torture”
Cross Posted from California Peculiarities Employment Law Blog Hernandez v. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc., a case stemming from a phishing scam, emphasizes the need for California employers to implement comprehensive data…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
5 Practice Tips for Law Firms as Data Breach Spotlight Swings Their Way
By Damon W. Silver, Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Jason C. Gavejian
While data breach incidents affecting the entertainment, retail, healthcare, and financial industries have garnered more attention in past years, the data breach spotlight recently shifted to law firms. This shift…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Chiropractic Clinic Hit with Malware
Complete Chiropractic & Bodywork Therapies, located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, recently notified 4,082 patients that its server, which contained the electronic medical record and billing information of patients, was infected…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Lisa Sotto Interviewed: Are Law Firms Soft Targets for Hackers?
In a recent video published by Mimesis Law, Lisa Sotto was interviewed during Mimesis Law’s Cy-Pher Executive Roundtable in New York. Sotto and other privacy professionals discussed the risks that…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Illinois Enacts Amendments to the Personal Information Protection Act
Last month, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed into law a number of amendments to the State’s Personal Information Protection Act (“PIPA”) that expand the definition of protected personal information and…
The Data Advisor
Tennessee Updates Data Breach Notification Law
By Wendell Bartnick, Whitney Costin
The State of Tennessee recently amended its data breach notification statute, Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-18-2107, which is set to go into effect on July 1, 2016. Numerous commentators have…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Medical Records of NFL Players Taken in Theft of Unencrypted Laptop
A Washington Redskins trainers' unencrypted laptop was located in a backpack that was stolen on April 15th. Unfortunately, the laptop contained medical exam results for NFL Combine attendees since 2004,…