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Data Breach
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Data Counsel
If There is Credit Card Fraud, There Must Have Been a Breach
U.S. Bank removed a putative class action complaint filed by an online merchant named Paintball Punks to U.S. District Court in Minneapolis on December 6. The complaint (Paintball v USBank.pdf) alleges that Paintball Punks…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Wake Up Call for UK Data Controllers: ICO Issues its First Fines for Data Breaches
The UK Information Commissioner's Office issued its first two monetary fines as a result of two serious data breaches by the Hertfordshire Country Council and A4e Limited.
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
ICO Issues First Monetary Penalties for Serious Data Breaches
The UK data protection authority has issued its first monetary penalties for serious data protection breaches.
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
PHI: The Parade of Security Breaches Continues to Lengthen with the Addition of Henry Ford Health System
The Henry Ford Health System has notified affected patients of a breach involving unsecured PHI.
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Dutch Bill Proposes Data Breach Notification Requirements and Revised Cookie Regime
A bill recently introduced to implement the EU e-Privacy Directive would amend the Dutch Telecommunications Act to include data security breach notification requirements for the telecom sector, and would impose…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Connecticut Insurance Department Settles Health Net Data Breach
What had been the first use of the enforcement authority under the HIPAA privacy regulations granted to a State Attorney General, has ended in a settlement agreement between Connecticut's Insurance Department and Health Net of…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Connecticut Fines Health Net $375,000 for Data Breach
On November 8, 2010, Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Sullivan announced that his department and Health Net had reached an agreement related to the insurer's alleged failures to protect member personal…
Health IT Law Blog
Study: Data Breaches Cost U.S. Hospitals Billions
A new study by the Ponemon Institute concluded that data breaches cause enormous losses for U.S. hospitals: on average, over a two-year period, each hospital will incur about $2 million…
Inside Privacy
Maine Court Undercuts Claims Against Hannaford Bros.
Individual plaintiffs have not had much success bringing private actions against businesses affected by security breaches. In particular, a number of courts have held that the abstract risk of identity…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
ACS:Law Could Face the First UK Fine for a Data Breach
The UK Information Commissioner's Office has indicated that UK law firm ACS:Law could face a maximum penalty of £500,000 following a major data breach.