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Data Breach
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Data Protection Report
New data security law in Connecticut imposes new requirements on businesses, regulated entities, and state contractors
On June 11, 2015, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy signed Senate Bill 949 (“S.B. 949”) into law. This new law imposes a various new requirements relating to data breach response and…
Data Law Insights
Key Privacy & Cybersecurity Developments: July 19-25, 2015
Litigation and regulation surrounding privacy and cybersecurity is continuously developing, both within the government and the private sector. This digest summarizes the most notable events in privacy and cybersecurity. 7th…
Financial Services Observer
Financial Services Compliance Obligations Under the Cloud
By Jonathan A. Beckham, Aimee Wildstone
The migration of personal and financial data to the cloud has highlighted, for both financial institutions and their regulators, risks associated with data breaches. This migration has involved third-party cloud…
Eye On Privacy
Barbarians at the Gate: Seventh Circuit Finds Article III Standing for Data Breach Class Actions
As a result of the Supreme Court’s decision in Clapper v. Amnesty Int’l USA, 133 S. Ct. 1138, 1147 (2013), data breach class actions were largely considered dead in the…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
The Seventh Circuit Sides with Plaintiffs in Data Breach Litigation
By Fox Rothschild LLP, Fox Rothschild LLP
On July 20, 2015, in Remijas v. Neiman Marcus Group, LLC, No. 14-3122 (7th Cir. 2015), the Seventh Circuit held that the United States District Court for the Northern District…
Canadian Fraud Law
The Widening Scope of Data Breach Class Actions
By Ahmed Shafey
The Federal Court of Appeal's decision in Condon v. The Queen, 2015 FCA 159 ("Condon"), released July 6, 2015, has significant implications for organizations that have experienced large scale data…
Privacy and Cybersecurity
Barbarians at the Gate: Seventh Circuit Finds Article III Standing for Data Breach Class Actions
As a result of the Supreme Court’s decision in Clapper v. Amnesty Int’l USA, 133 S. Ct. 1138, 1147 (2013), data breach class actions were largely considered dead in the…
Privacy and Cybersecurity
Barbarians at the Gate: Seventh Circuit Finds Article III Standing for Data Breach Class Actions
As a result of the Supreme Court’s decision in Clapper v. Amnesty Int’l USA, 133 S. Ct. 1138, 1147 (2013), data breach class actions were largely considered dead in the…
Media & Privacy Risk Report
Seventh Circuit Resurrects Data Breach Class Action and Stymies Standing Challenge
On July 20, 2015, the Seventh Circuit reinstated a data breach class action in Remijas v. Neiman Marcus Group, LLC, No. 14-3122, after a 2013 malware attack on Neiman Marcus’s…
The Global Privacy Watch
7th Circuit – Alleged Injuries Can Confer Standing In Data Breach Suit
In any case involving a data breach of customer or employee information, the first line of defense for the defendant is to assert that the plaintiff(s) lack standing to bring…