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Data Breach
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Privacy Compliance & Data Security
TJX Reaches Settlement In Data Security Breach Investigation
TJX agreed to pay $9.75 million to forty-one states to settle an investigation of a data breach that it reported in January 2007. $2.5 million of the settlement amount will be used…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Rejects Veterans’ Claims For Damages
On June 17, 2009, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of the United States District Court for the District of Alabama and held that veterans were not…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Liability for Data Security Auditors
A lawsuit that will soon commence in Arizona has the potential to alter the data breach liability landscape by making data security auditors liable for data breaches experienced by the…
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Wave of Class Actions for Data Security Breaches
By Kelley Drye
If your company collects customers’ personal data in the course of its business, be aware of the wave of class actions that have recently been filed arising out of data…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
Data Breach Sharing Website Started
The risk management technology company, Intersections Inc., and the Identity Theft Assistance Center launched www.Breachcenter.com today. Breachcenter.com is a website where companies that have suffered data breaches can share their…
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Federal Court Decides That Data Breach Case Against Supermarket Chain Can Proceed, But Only As to One Plaintiff
Earlier this week, the United States District Court for the District of Maine issued its ruling on a motion to dismiss a class action complaint against a supermarket chain based…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
First German Study about Costs of Data Breach Published
In February 2009, the Ponemon Institute published the results of its inaugural study "Germany - 2008 Annual Study: Cost of a Data Breach." The study is the first such research…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
Data Breaches Worse Than Thought
There is a very interesting article posted at Nextgov.com regarding major data breaches and thefts. The article can be found here. The author, quoting James Lewis, director of the technology…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
Heartland To Address Data Breach
Next week, at a meeting of the Payments Processing Information Sharing Council, an organization created to share information about threats, risk mitigation and fraud, Robert O. Carr, chairman and chief…
Health IT Law Blog
In the news: Personal Health Records edition
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued interim regulations regarding breach notification requirements for PHR vendors, as mandated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. According to the FTC press…