Topic
Data Breach
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HL Chronicle of Data Protection
“Reasonable Security” Becomes Reasonably Clear to the California Attorney General
A growing number of state and federal laws require organizations to implement reasonable security safeguards to protect personal information. But what constitutes reasonable data security? This question has vexed organizations…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
$3.8M is cost of the average cyberbreach, so IBM expands its cybersecurity footprint!
By Peter Vogel
IBM announced the acquisition of Resilient Systems which will be “industry’s first integrated end-to-end platform combining analytics, forensics, vulnerability management and incident response” according to PCWorld. The report entitled “IBM…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
700,000 taxpayers identities stolen from IRS – maybe yours?
USA Today reported that "A 2015 cyber hack of the IRS potentially gained access to personal data from more than 700,000 taxpayer accounts, more than double the total previously estimated, the tax agency said Friday."…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Wendy’s faces class action over data breach
We wrote about Wendy’s investigation into a data breach at its chain restaurants at the beginning of January, and now Wendy’s faces a class action over that same breach. The…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Reasonable Data Security Defined by California AG
By Jason C. Gavejian, Damon W. Silver
Last week, California Attorney General, Kamala D. Harris – who has been mentioned as a potential nominee to fill Justice Antonin Scalia’s recently vacated seat on the U.S. Supreme Court…
Global Media and Communications Watch
Hong Kong Privacy Regulator Issues 2015 Report, Outlines 2016 Focus
By Mark Parsons, Peter Colegate
On 26 January, Hong Kong’s Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (Commissioner) published his annual report on 2015 complaints and enforcement activity under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (PDPO). The report…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Hong Kong Privacy Regulator Issues 2015 Report, Outlines 2016 Focus
By Mark Parsons, Peter Colegate
On 26 January, Hong Kong's Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data published his annual report on 2015 complaints and enforcement activity under the Personal Data Privacy Ordinance. The report reveals that…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Deadline for reporting 2015 data breaches to OCR quickly approaching
Pursuant to HIPAA/HITECH, covered entities are required to report breaches of unsecured protected health information that occurred in 2015 and affected less than 500 individuals to the Office for Civil…
CAFA Law Blog
A Noteworthy Event – March 17-18, 2016
Retail data breaches continue to evolve and bring new litigation and trends in the Data Breach and Privacy Litigation context. Business to business claims, vendor lawsuits, litigation between issuing banks…
Class Action Lawsuit Defense
The Seventh Circuit Revisits Standing for Data Breach Class Actions
One obstacle for named plaintiffs in proposed data breach class actions is the extent to which plaintiffs must allege an injury-in-fact to have standing. Disputes often arise about whether proactive…