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Privacy & Data Security Law Journal
Yet Another Potential Multimillion-Dollar Data Breach Settlement . . .
By Al Saikali
Just when you thought it might be safe to go back into the water, another significant data breach lawsuit may be settling. Last week, I wrote about the proposed settlement…
New Jersey Insurance Coverage Litigation
New Developments in Cyberliability Coverage
By Gene Killian
If you’re a Rolling Stones fan, you may remember the (underrated) 1974 song, “Fingerprint File.” (You can hear it by clicking here…“Listenin’ to me/On your satellite.”) Who knew that, four…
Technology Law Dispatch
AvMed Agrees to Pay $3 Million to Data Security Breach Class Members; Size of Payments Linked to Years as Customer
This post was also written by Frederick Lah. Earlier this week, a data breach class action brought against health insurance provider AvMed, Inc. came one step closer to resolution when…
Privacy & Data Security Law Journal
$3,000,000 Settlement Reached in Data Breach Lawsuit
By Al Saikali
How much of a headache can a couple of stolen laptops cause your organization? How about a $3 million headache?? That is the amount of a settlement proposed in an Unopposed…
Health IT Law Blog
California court ruling: health care providers may be off the hook for data theft in some cases
In a judicial decision sure to garner attention, a California state appellate court decided last week that UCLA Health is not liable for patient data breaches due to a 2011…
Eye On Privacy
California Enacts New Data Privacy Laws
By James Chadwick, Rachel Tarko Hudson
As part of a flurry of new privacy legislation, California Governor Jerry Brown signed two new data privacy bills into law on September 27, 2013: S.B. 46 amending California’s data…
Data Counsel
California Court Finds Advertising Injury Coverage is Triggered by Medical Information Data Breach
By Judy Selby
Editor's Note: This post is a joint submission with BakerHostetler's Class Action Lawsuit Defense blog. On October 7, 2013, a federal district court in California held that the Advertising Injury…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Insurance Policy’s Statutory Rights Exclusion Does Not Apply to Data Breach Claims
On October 7, 2013, a federal district court in California held that a general liability insurance policy covered data breach claims alleging violations of California patients' right to medical privacy.…
Ad Law Access
California Expands Online Privacy Protections, Requiring “Do Not Track” Disclosures and Imposing New Breach Notification Requirements
By Kelley Drye
On September 27, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law two bills that expand online privacy protections for California consumers. Both will take effect January 1, 2014. The first, AB…
InsureReinsure
California Extends Breach Notification Obligations to Online Account Credentials
By Theodore Augustinos, Troutman Pepper Locke
A new amendment to California’s breach notification statutes extend notification requirements to the breach of California residents’ online account credentials, with distinctive obligations regarding method and content of such notices.