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Data Breach
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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Neiman Marcus requests dismissal of data breach case (again)
We have previously reported on the ongoing litigation between Neiman Marcus and class action plaintiffs as a result of the data breach during the holidays in 2013 (related post here).…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Update on Excellus data breach litigation
Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield (Excellus) was hit with another proposed class action suit late last week (view related posts here and here). The case, filed by a New York woman, accuses…
Data Law Insights
Privacy-Cybersecurity Weekly News Update December 14-18, 2015
By Kate Growley
FTC Settles False Ad Claim with LifeLock for $100M; CISA Signed into Law; University of Washington Settles HIPAA Claims Arising from 2013 Data Breach; Senators Urge White House to Search…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
DNC, Bernie Sanders’ Data Breach – Breaches Are Not Just About Social Security Numbers or Payment Cards
Are pundits discussing the personal information allegedly accessed by a campaign staffer for Bernie Sanders? No, not really, and that is the point. Scheduled to debate tonight at St. Anselm…
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Alleged VTech hacker arrested
We previously reported that VTech suffered a data breach exposing millions of children’s and their parents’ personal information. The South East Regional Organised Crime Unit in the UK has announced…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
MacKeeper exposes 13 million users’ data
Kromtech, the manufacturer of MacKeeper, software that is designed to keep Macintosh computers secure, announced this week that a security vulnerability exposed the usernames, email addresses and other personal information…
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Georgia Secretary of State’s office exposed 6 million voters’ SSNs
It is frustrating for citizens to continue to watch state and federal governmental agencies announcing massive data breaches of citizens’ personal information. Here is another one. On Tuesday, December 15,…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Medical Informatics data breach litigation centralized and transferred
We previously reported on the multiple data breach litigation suits filed against Medical Informatics Engineering, Inc. following a data breach in May, 2015. On December 10, 2015, the United States…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
University of Washington Medical School pays OCR $750,000 for data breach
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced on Monday, December 14, 2014, that it has settled a HIPAA investigation with the University of Washington Medical School involving a data breach…
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State Attorneys General Offer Perspectives on Data Breaches
By Chris Nolen
Recently, Republican attorneys general from across the nation gathered in Scottsdale, Arizona, for their association's annual fall conference. The purpose of the conference was to discuss a variety of issues…