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Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Sotto Discusses Epsilon Breach with Information Security Media Group
On April 5, 2011, Lisa Sotto, partner and head of the Privacy and Data Security practice at Hunton & Williams LLP, discussed the Epsilon email breach in an interview with…
Proskauer on Privacy
Bay State “Brings It”: Attorney General Enters Consent Agreement with Restaurant Group for Data Security Failures
On March 28, 2011, the Massachusetts Superior Court issued a Final Judgment by Consent between the Commonwealth and Briar Group, LLC that resolves allegations that Briar Group failed to take…
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Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : April 4, 2011
As is often the case, the big news of the day comes in the realm of privacy law as marketing giant Episolon sees experiences a colossal data breach. Cynthia LaRose…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Email Marketing Service Provider’s Data Breach Likely to Affect Millions
On April 1, 2011, Epsilon Data Management issued a press release announcing a security breach affecting its email system. Epsilon sends billions of emails each year on behalf of clients…
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Email Marketing Under Attack
In recent months, a number of major brands have faced complex legal and reputational risks that arose from the hacking of email fulfillment vendors. These cases generally present the following…
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The Epsilon Risk/Benefit Scenario: Competitors' Eggs In One Basket Effect
By Greg Lambert
If you were like me, you probably got one of these emails this weekend from a number of companies that were exposed to a hack from their outsourced email campaign…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Massachusetts Attorney General Reaches $110,000 Data Breach Settlement with Boston Restaurant Group
On March 28, 2011, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced a settlement with the Briar Group in connection with a 2009 data breach that jeopardized the payment card information of…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Ex-Employee’s Blogs Can’t Be Stopped Absent Extraordinary Circumstances, New York Court Rules
By Joseph J. Lazzarotti, John A. Snyder
A NY court refuses to order a former employee to stop blogging about his former employer because the court could find no extraordinary circumstance that would overcome constitutional protections, despite…
Health IT Law Blog
California agency to investigate HealthNet
As we predicted yesterday, HealthNet's breach of personal information of almost 2 million people, is already the subject of a state government agency's investigation. Via Health Leaders Media: After Health…
Health IT Law Blog
HealthNet breach affects 1.9 million individuals
HealthNet, a California-based insurer, suffered another major data breach last month. Modern Healthcare reports that HealthNet lost data of almost two million employees, members and healthcare providers, including their medical…