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Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Next Step in U.S. Postal Service Breach – NLRB Sues Postal Service
As discussed in an earlier post, shortly after the United States Postal Service reported a data breach potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of employees, the American Postal Workers Union filed an…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
FTC Announces Settlements with Debt Brokers Who Posted Consumers’ Information Online
On April 13, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it has settled charges with two debt brokers who posted consumers' unencrypted personal information on a public website.
Employer Law Report
NLRB files complaint against postal service for not bargaining with union over effects of data breach incident
By Brian Hall
We all pretty much know the drill at this point. Organization announces data breach, sends out notices as required under state and/or federal law to those individuals that are affected, offers…
Privacy and Cybersecurity
Preventing a Data Breach Nightmare
By Anonymous
Get info on how to protect your business from hackers and other threats in this podcast with SiteLock President Neill Feather.
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Wyoming amends data breach notification law
Continuing to add to the confusion surrounding provisions in 47 different state breach notification laws, Wyoming amended two laws last month which expand the definition of personal information requiring notification…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Data breach class action suit against Horizon Blue Cross dismissed
Late last week, a federal court judge in New Jersey dismissed a putative class action lawsuit against Horizon Blue Cross for a data breach involving two unencrypted laptops that were…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
PF Chang’s continues its success in thwarting data breach class action lawsuits
We have been closely watching the class action suits against PF Chang’s (and other retailers) relating to the bistro’s data breach last year. In December, a federal district court in…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
AT&T Enters into Largest Data Breach Settlement with FCC to Date
On April 8, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission announced a $25 million settlement with AT&T Services, Inc. stemming from allegations that AT&T failed to protect the confidentiality of consumers’ personal…
Consumer Protection Connection
Data Breaches: Not Just for States and the FTC Anymore
By Sheila Millar, Tracy Marshall
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced today that AT&T Services, Inc., will pay $25 million to resolve an investigation into whether the company violated Sections 201(b) and 222 of the…
Hunton Retail Law Resource
AT&T Enters into Largest Data Breach Settlement with FCC to Date
As reported on the Privacy & Information Security Law blog, the Federal Communications Commission announced a $25 million settlement with AT&T Services, Inc. (“AT&T”) stemming from allegations that AT&T failed…