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ContractsProf Blog
They Did It!
Earlier this summer, I blogged on cheating website Ashley Madison promising to provide "100% discreet service" and a group of hackers threatening to reveal the website's customers if the website…
Privacy and Cybersecurity
Will cybersecurity be the winner of the sorry Ashley Madison affair?
You might have heard about a massive hack lately. Probably a couple, honestly. But this hack was different: Instead of a behind the scenes look at how a production company…
Password Protected
Target and Visa Announce $67 Million Settlement
Last winter, following a well-publicized data breach, a group of financial institutions sued Target, arguing that Target should be held responsible for the damages that they had experienced as a…
Technology Law Dispatch
South Korea introduces further data protection breach penalties to encourage compliance, and issues mobile app guidance
Ever since January 2014, when South Korea’s credit card industry lost huge amounts of customer data during a data breach, the South Korean government has been gradually announcing stricter penalties…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Target and Visa reach $67M settlement
Visa, Inc. announced on August 18th that it has reached a settlement with Target for $67 million to reimburse Visa for costs associated with the Target data breach in late…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
The Anatomy of a Cyber Attack: Prevention, Response and Postmortem (Part 6 of 6)
This blog post is the sixth and final entry of a six-part series discussing the best practices relating to cyber security. The previous post discussed the individuals and organizations that…
Family Law Prof Blog
Will Ashley Madison Hack Cause Divorce?
By Family Law
From Forbes:As financial experts weigh in on what it might mean if hackers deliver on their threats to expose the 37 million users of online cheating site AshleyMadison.com, relationship and legal…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Seventh Circuit rules hospital system is not a Consumer Reporting Agency under FCRA
Is a hospital a “consumer reporting agency”? Can a health care provider be liable under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) in the event of a data breach? The Seventh…
The Right Coast
Hackers Finally Post Stolen Ashley Madison Data | WIRED
Hackers who stole sensitive customer information from the cheating site AshleyMadison.com appear to have made good on their threat to post the data online. via www.wired.com
Securities Compliance Sentinel
What Do Insider Trading And Data Breaches Have In Common
By Joshua Horn
It is bad enough that firms and publicly traded companies have to make sure that their respective IT architecture is safe and secure, but recent developments demonstrate that you have…