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Data Counsel
Canada Moves Forward with Mandatory Federal Security Breach Notification Law
On June 18, 2015, the Canadian Minister of Industry announced that the Digital Privacy Act, which amends Canada’s foundational Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), has received royal…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Federal Court: Data Breach Class Action Against Sony Survives Motion to Dismiss
The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California recently granted, only in part, a motion to dismiss a data breach class action against Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. in…
Hunton Retail Law Resource
Federal Court: Data Breach Class Action Against Sony Survives Motion to Dismiss
As reported in the Privacy & Information Security blog, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California recently granted, only in part, a motion to dismiss a data…
Government Contracts & Investigations Blog
Ransoming Sensitive Personal Information: Will OPM’s Data Breach Trigger Your Insider Threats?
Perhaps it’s the books I’ve been reading or the television shows I’ve been watching, but my mind can’t seem to stop linking the recent barrage of cybersecurity attacks with those…
Workforce Bulletin
Lessons from the Sony Hack: The Importance of a Data Breach Response Plan
By Nathaniel M. Glasser, Adam Solander
In a decision emphasizing the need for employers to focus on data security, on June 15, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California refused to dismiss…
The Right Coast
Why the latest government hack is worse than the Snowden affair – The Washington Post
When I applied for my security clearance in 2010, as I was preparing to work with the U.S. Army in Afghanistan as a social scientist, I filled out a long…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Adobe settles proposed class action data breach case with award of $1.18 million for plaintiffs’ attorneys
Adobe Systems, Inc. has agreed to settle the proposed class action lawsuit filed against it following the breach of its system in 2013. The breach compromised personal and payment card…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Advocate Health data breach class action suit dismissal upheld by Appellate Court
By Jourdan Parkinson, Guest Contributor
In August of 2013, four computers of Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation (Advocate Health) were stolen from one of its offices. The computers contained the names, dates of birth, Social…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Medical Informatics Engineering discloses data breach
Electronic health record (EHR) vendor Medical Informatics Engineering and its subsidiary, NoMoreClipBoard, which is a personal health record (PHR) product, notified its EHR clients and PHR individuals that it has…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management suffers largest breach in U.S. Government history
The United States Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”) disclosed that it was the target of what has been described as the largest breach in U.S. government history, affecting the personal…