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Data Breach
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Franchise Law Update
Consider Cyber Risk Insurance for Data Breaches
For many people, insurance coverage issues trigger instant narcolepsy. Insurance policies are long and dull and extraordinarily confusing. For those and other reasons, businesses don’t often think about their coverage…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Connecticut AG Announces Agreement with MetLife over 2009 Breach Incident
On January 24, 2011, Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen announced that MetLife had agreed to pay $10,000 and implement or enhance its data protection policies and procedures in response to…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : January 26, 2012
The NLRB is once again chiming in on social media and Jason Shinn has his thoughts on their second official advisory report on the subject. Also, again, we have LegalTech New York…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Third Circuit Holds Data Breach Plaintiffs Lack Standing
On December 12, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a decision that its customers’ employees did not have standing to sue Ceridian Corporation, a…
Inside Privacy
Class Action Filed Following Zappos Data Breach
A putative class action was filed on Monday against Amazon.com following an online hacking attack that potentially compromised the personal information of up to 24 million customers of its online…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : January 18, 2012
As could be expected on a day with all the protests, we had several insightful SOPA posts on the LexBlog Network today. Also, continuing our trend of hitting SCOTUS cases on LXBN, be…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
Data Breach Potentially Affects Up to 100,000 Students, 3,000 Employees
The San Francisco Chronicle reported yesterday that officials at the City College of San Francisco discovered a few days after Thanksgiving 2010 that certain computers of the college have been…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
California Attorney General Launches On-line Breach Reporting Form
The California Attorney General recently launched an on-line form for businesses to report breaches of security, which is described in this entry.
InsureReinsure
Everyone’s Nightmare: Privacy & Data Breach Risks
Edwards Wildman's Privacy and Data Protection Group is pleased to announce that the newest edition of its White Paper, "Everyone's Nightmare: Privacy and Data Breach Risks," has been prepared. The…
Data Counsel
Privacy Litigation–2011 Year in Review
There were no bombshells or truly groundbreaking decisions in 2011. Courts continued to dismiss claims filed in the wake of data breaches based on findings that the plaintiffs had failed…