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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Zappos proposed data breach class action litigation dismissed
Continuing the growing trend of dismissing data breach cases when there is no evidence of actual harm, the United States District Court for the District of Nevada last week dismissed…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
Pennsylvania State Court Rejects Data Breach Claims
By Fox Rothschild LLP, Fox Rothschild LLP
In response to a data breach in 2014, employees of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center filed a two-count class action complaint against UPMC for (1) negligence and (2) breach of…
Media & Privacy Risk Report
Checking In On the Federal Data Breach Notification Law
As we reach the midpoint of 2015, it is a good time to check in on the progress of the Data Breach and Security Notification Act of 2015 that is…
Ad Law Access
Connecticut Data Breach Law About To Get Tougher
This past Monday, Connecticut legislators voted unanimously to approve two new changes to Connecticut’s breach notification law. Senate Bill 949 will require businesses to (1) provide at least one year…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Sally Beauty Reports 2nd Data Breach
Late last week, Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (Sally) confirmed that it has suffered a second data breach in the last year. On March 14, 2014, KrebsOnSecurity reported that credit cards…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Target and MasterCard settlement rejected
We previously reported on the efforts of Target to settle claims made by MasterCard and its issuers as a result of the infamous Target data breach. In order for the…
Data Counsel
Lost, Unencrypted Laptop Leads FINRA to Fine a Broker-Dealer $225,000 for Violating Reg S-P
With the recent focus by the SEC and FINRA on cybersecurity for broker-dealers and investment advisers as a backdrop, FINRA recently brought and settled an enforcement action under SEC Regulation…
Inside Privacy
Dutch Parliament Adopts Data Breach Notification Obligation and Increases Fines
On May 26th, 2015, the Dutch Senate passed a new law (“the Law”) (legislative proposal, as adopted, is accessible here), which introduces an obligation to notify the Dutch DPA ‘without…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
New Dutch Law Introduces General Data Breach Notification Obligation and Higher Sanctions
On May 26, 2015, the Upper House of the Dutch Parliament passed a bill that introduces a general data breach notification obligation for data controllers and provides increased sanctions for…
Data Counsel
A Deeper Dive: Regulatory Investigations Following a Reported Breach
In our inaugural Data Security Incident Response Report (the Report), we found that regulators inquired about a company's breach 31% of the time and multi-state state Attorneys General investigations were…