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Data Breach
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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Fraternal Order of Police data breach
The nation’s largest police union recently suffered a data breach enabling hackers to steal hundreds of private internal documents including bargaining contracts, the names and addresses of several police officers,…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Plaintiffs Survive Motion to Dismiss in Remanded Data Breach Litigation
A federal judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois denied Neiman Marcus’ motion to dismiss a class action complaint regarding a 2013 data breach.
The Venture Alley
Data Breach Incidents – 16 DOs and DON’Ts
Data breaches are expensive. They cost an average of $5.4 million each to US companies in 2011 for mitigation and remediation alone, while also causing significant harm to brand and reputation. …
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Class action suit dismissed against Georgia Secretary of State for data breach
We previously reported that the Georgia Secretary of State's office experienced a massive data breach in October, and didn't find out about it until November. The breach affected approximately 6…
Inside Privacy
Judge Denies Neiman’s Motion to Dismiss Data Breach Class Action
A federal judge in the Northern District of Illinois has denied Neiman Marcus Group LLC’s (“Neiman”) motion to dismiss a consumer class action lawsuit arising from a December 2013 data…
Data Counsel
Data Security in the Financial Industry: Five Key Developments to Keep An Eye on in 2016
According to a 2015 report on threats to the financial services sector, 41% of financial services organizations polled had experienced a data breach or failed a compliance audit in the…
Communications, Media & Entertainment
FCC’s Internet Regulation Good for More than Net Neutrality?
When the FCC changed how it classified the Internet almost a year ago, they did it so that they could usher in new net neutrality rules across the web. But…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Michael’s Stores class action data breach case dismissed
Michael’s Stores, Inc. was dismissed from a putative data breach class action case involving the breach of 2.6 million payment cards as the plaintiffs were unable to show that they…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Data breach class action dismissed against SuperValu for lack of standing
Last week, a Minnesota court ruled that a consolidated class action filed against SuperValu retail chain failed to assert any harm, finding that while SuperValu did suffer two data breaches,…
CAFA Law Blog
A Noteworthy Event – March 17-18
With new claims arising out of the Video Privacy Protection Act and Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), ACI’s Data Breach & Privacy Litigation and Enforcement conference on March 17-18, 2016…