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Wyndham Agrees to Settle FTC Data Security Case
After four years of litigation, this past Wednesday, Wyndham Worldwide Corporation and three of its subsidiaries (collectively, “Wyndham”) settled the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) allegations that the global hospitality company…
Triage Health Law
Triple S’ Violations Spark HHS’ Triple Enforcement Actions
HHS recently agreed to a $3.5 million resolution with business associates and covered entities for numerous violations of the Privacy, Breach Notification, and Security Rules of the Health Insurance Portability…
Consumer Finance Spotlight
Target “Data Breach Task Force” Documents Deemed Privileged
By Perry Napolitano, Justin Kontul, Brian J. Willett
The Minnesota magistrate judge presiding over discovery in the litigation seeking to hold Target Corp. liable for the retailer’s 2013 data breach issued an order denying the motion by a…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Leading Cause of Data Breaches – Employee Error, ACC Survey Concludes
When people think about data breaches, they tend think more about the illegal hacking into computer networks by individuals, criminal enterprises or even nation states, than they do about simple…
Data Law Insights
Key EU Privacy & Cybersecurity Highlights, November 30 – December 6, 2015
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EU Data Protection Law Reform: Most of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) text agreed in principle; Schrems’ second hit – Austrian citizen files three new complaints with EU Data…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
JD Wetherspoon announces over 650,000 customers’ data lost in hacking
JD Wetherspoon, a popular chain of pubs in the UK, notified its customers late last week that it has discovered that its website was hacked between June 15 and 17,…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
VTech in quagmire following data breach of 6.5 million kids’ information
In a third update to the data breach of 6.5 million kids' information and 5 million parents' information, VTech Holdings Ltd. (VTech) is facing backlash from plaintiffs' attorneys and regulators.…
Inside Cybersecurity & Privacy Law
VTech Hack – Largest Cybersecurity Breach Affecting Children
On 14 November 2015, VTech Holdings Limited (VTech) was hacked, resulting in the personal data of about 6.4 million children and 4.9 million parents being compromised worldwide. Out of the…
The D&O Diary
Wyndham Worldwide Settles Data Breach-Related FTC Enforcement Action
According to the company’s December 9, 2015 press release (here), Wyndham Worldwide has reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission in the long-running and high-profile civil action the agency…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: Wyndham Breach, Cross-Device Tracking, Uber Drivers
Data privacy law is a big part of today's top 10—as frequently happens. Kevin LaCroix has an interesting piece on Wyndham settling with the FTC. Over on LXBN, Zosha writes about…