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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
CareFirst announces breach of 1.1 million records in cyberattack
Following in the footsteps of Anthem and Premera, CareFirst, a Blue Cross Blue Shield plan servicing customers in Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Virginia announced yesterday that it too has been…
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CareFirst Suffers Cyberattack, Data Breach of 1.1 Million Customers’ Information
BREAKING NEWS: Health insurer CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield disclosed today that hackers gained access to one of its databases, exposing personally identifiable information for approximately 1.1 million people. According to a…
Inside Privacy
Supreme Court to Consider Whether A Settlement Offer for Complete Relief Moots a Plaintiff’s TCPA Claim
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari and agreed to consider Campbell-Ewald Company v. Gomez, in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that a consumer’s…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
No “Publication” of IBM’s Lost Employee Data, So No Cyberinsurance Coverage
By Peter Vogel
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that IBM was not entitled to insurance for magnetic tapes that fell off a truck since there was “no evidence that anyone ever accessed the…
Labor Relations Law Insider
No Good Deed…
By Terry Potter
As many of you know, there has been a rash of data breaches with various entities in recent years with the Post Service being among those impacted. An interesting twist…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
District Court Dismisses Data Breach Class Action Against eBay
By Michael Rosensaft, Zachary Denver
The US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana recently dismissed a data breach class action against eBay Inc. for lack of standing because the named plaintiff did not…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
Symantec 2015 Cybersecurity Report a Wakeup Call for Online Retailers
Online retailers will need to take proactive measures in 2015 to prevent customers’ personal data from being compromised, according to Symantec’s 2015 Internet Security Threat Report. The report from the…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
At least 90 class actions primed for consolidation relative to 2015 Anthem data breach
On February 4, 2015, health insurer Anthem disclosed a data breach affecting the personal and financial information of up to eighty million Anthem members throughout the United States. Beginning the…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Issues Concerning Medical Identity Theft
Contributed by Lena Thomas, 3L Roger Williams University Law School Whenever a large data breach occurs in the healthcare industry, such as the Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield breach this…
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Taking stock of the Target data breach
By Meghan Rohlf
The Target data breach disrupted the 2013 holiday shopping season, shook the retail industry, and shocked many who assumed that a nationwide retailer would have the security controls in place…