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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Class action filed against UCLA following data breach
We previously reported that UCLA suffered a data breach affecting 4.5 million patients. Days following the announcement of the breach, plaintiffs filed a proposed class action lawsuit against UCLA, alleging…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Seventh Circuit overturns Neiman Marcus data breach class action dismissal
In an unusual turn for recent data breach class action cases, the Seventh Circuit this week found that a likely threat of identity theft is sufficient for a proposed class…
The D&O Diary
O.K., This Is a Big Deal: 7th Cir. Reinstates Neiman Marcus Consumer Data Breach Class Action
In a ruling that could provide an important boost future consumer data breach class action litigation, the Seventh Circuit has reinstated the Neiman Marcus data breach lawsuit, ruling that the…
Inside Privacy
Data Breach Plaintiffs Allege Enough Risk of Harm for Suit to Proceed, Appeals Court Rules
Neiman Marcus customers whose credit card information potentially was exposed in a 2013 breach of the retailer’s computer systems may proceed with their proposed class action lawsuit against the retailer,…
Securities Compliance Sentinel
Who wants to know some pre and post data breach considerations
By Joshua Horn
In a recent blog by Chris Pogue (a digital forensic expert), he highlighted a handful of considerations for firms both pre and post data breach. After all, the issue is…
The Right Coast
Ashley Madison: Life Is Short, Have A Breach – Forbes
While I was sitting on a long haul flight heading across the Pacific to Singapore it seems that roughly 37 million people were suffering from a very troubling epiphany. Their…
Family Law Prof Blog
Adultery Website Hacked
By Family Law
From CNN:A dating website that helps married people cheat has been hit by hackers who threatened to release information about millions of customers. Ashley Madison, which uses the advertising slogan "Life…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
“Life is short. Have an affair.” Then Pay Cyber Criminals Blackmail to Keep It Hush.
Krebs on Security News Service reports that: Large caches of data stolen from online cheating site AshleyMadison.com have been posted online by an individual or group that claims to have completely compromised…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
UCLA Health System announces data breach affecting 4.5 million patients and medical providers
Adding to the long list of cyber hacking victims, the UCLA Health System announced on Friday (July 17, 2015) that it confirmed on May 5, 2015 that a cyber-attacker had…
Password Protected
Rhode Island Governor Signs Comprehensive Identity Theft Protection Act
On June 26, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo (D) signed into law Senate Bill 0134, the Rhode Island Identity Theft Protection Act of 2015 (the Act), which clarifies data security…