Topic
Data Breach
3,438 published works
Inside Privacy
First Circuit Holds That Mitigation Costs Are Sufficient To Support Claims in Card Breach Case
Reversing the decision of the lower court, the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals recently held in Anderson v. Hannaford Bros. Co. that under Maine law, claims for breach of…
Data Counsel
Does the First Circuit’s Decision in Hannaford Signal a Changing Tide?
Until last week, most of us thought that the Hannaford Brothers data breach litigation was just another example of how Plaintiffs are not able to recover in class action lawsuits…
TortsProf Blog
First Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Data Breach Case
In In re Hannaford Bros. Co. Customer Data Security Breach Litig. (pdf), the First Circuit reversed the dismissal of negligence and implied contract claims against Hannaford Supermarkets by customers who were…
Health IT Law Blog
Nemours reports breach affecting 1.6 million individuals
Nemours, a children's health system with hospitals in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Florida and New Jersey, reported a massive breach affecting 1.6 million people, including patients, employees, and vendors. Via Health Data…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : October 14, 2011
Once again, the LexBlog Network's thriving community of privacy experts were busy today as we have excellent posts from John Lacey, David Navetta, Christopher Wolf and Dan Kahn. Wolf and Kahn…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Another Day, Another Stolen Laptop
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that a laptop computer containing private information on about 14,000 patients of Fairview Health Services and 2,800 patients of North Memorial Medical Center was stolen…
Data Counsel
After the Data Breach: What Do Regulators Expect and What Can I do to Prepare?
Today is very exciting for me. It is my first day at Baker Hostetler as National Co-Leader of the Privacy, Security and Social Media Team. And, it is also my first contribution…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
HHS Report to Congress Shows Marked Increase in Data Breaches
The Office of Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has published its first round of annual reports to Congress under the HITECH (Health…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Connecticut Attorney General Establishes Privacy Task Force
Newly created Privacy Task Force in Connecticut may lead to increased enforcement.
Data Counsel
Annual HITECH Report to Congress
Health and Human Services (HHS) made its first annual report to Congress last week regarding the number and nature of breaches reported to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) since…