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Data Breach
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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Over 70 million prison phone records leaked
Securus Technologies (Securus), which provides phone services for many of the country’s prisons, experienced a breach of over 70 million phone records from over 37 states. The data leaked includes…
Technology Law Dispatch
ALJ Dismisses FTC’s Data Security Suit Against LabMD for Failure to Prove ‘Substantial Injury’ to Consumers
By John P. Feldman, Sulina D. Gabale
In a landmark decision, an administrative law judge dismissed the FTC’s long-running data security lawsuit against Atlanta-based cancer screening laboratory, LabMD Inc., following an alleged data breach. Chief Administrative Law…
Hunton Retail Law Resource
FCC Reaches Settlement with Cable Operator over Customer Data Breach
As reported on the Privacy & Information Security Law blog, the Enforcement Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) entered into a Consent Decree with cable operator Cox Communications to…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
FCC Reaches Settlement with Cable Operator over Customer Data Breach
On November 5, 2015, the Enforcement Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) entered into a Consent Decree with cable operator Cox Communications to settle allegations that the company failed…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Data Users Alert: New Guidance on Data Breach Handling in Hong Kong
By Eugene Low
On 9 October 2015, the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data published a Guidance Note on "Data Breach Handling and the Giving of Breach Notifications", a revised version of its June…
Data Law Insights
Key Privacy & Cybersecurity Highlights, November 2 – November 8, 2015
By 1560210056-httpswww.crowelldatalaw.com
FCC’s expands data security enforcement; Sprint settles FCRA claims; $12.5M fine for background screening agencies; Congress considers auto cybersecurity study; No FCC “do not track” rules; Safe harbor alternatives; No…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Dow Jones & Co. notifies 3,500 of data breach
Dow Jones & Co. has notified 3500 of its customers that their information was accessed by an unauthorized individual in a data breach that spanned from August 2012 through July 2015.…
Securities Compliance Sentinel
Cybersecurity and regulatory enforcement; what are you doing
By Joshua Horn
No one likes being a victim, let alone being a victim twice. But that is what you may face if you have a data breach. If your firm had a…
Inside Privacy
Cox Communications to Pay $595,000 in Data Breach Settlement
By Hannah Lepow Yesterday the FCC announced that it has entered into a $595,000 settlement agreement with Cox Communications to resolve an investigation into whether the company failed to protect…
Byte Back
Failing to fix is fixing to fail (or get hacked)
By Meghan Rohlf
While data breaches have become a common occurrence, the epic breach of the Office of Personal Management (“OPM”) records stands out for many reasons. The hackers obtained PII on at…