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Data Breach
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Class Action Defense Blog
Maryland Federal Court Reinstates Class Certification In Data Breach Class Action
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Jennifer A. Riley, and Emilee N. Crowther Duane Morris Takeaways: In the proceeding captioned In Re Marriott International Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, MDL No.…
Privacy World
District Court Quickly Reinstates Class Certification in Marriott Data Breach Litigation
Earlier this fall, the Fourth Circuit vacated the district court’s class certification order in the Marriott data breach MDL because of the potential applicability of a class action waiver defense.…
The Matrix
Costs and the Recent Evolution of Healthcare Data Breaches
By Katarina Vickovic, Steven M. Wernikoff
Data breaches in the healthcare industry are a costly and legally evolving issue. The sophistication of threat actors and their ability to navigate IT systems using constantly changing tactics has made…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
New York Department of Financial Services Reaches $1 Million Dollar Settlement With First American Title Insurance in Data Breach Investigation
On November 28, 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services announced that First American Title Insurance Company, the second-largest title insurance company in the United States, would pay a…
Cybersecurity Bits and Bytes
FTC Issues Final Rule on New Breach Notice Requirement for Non-Bank Financial Institutions
On October 27, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a significant amendment to the agency’s Safeguards Rule under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA). This amendment, reflecting an increasingly strident stance…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Anyone Surprised to Hear 1.5M Hotel Customers’ Data was Stolen!
By Peter Vogel
BankInfoSecurity.com reported that “Hospitality giant Indian Hotels said it's probing the alleged theft of sensitive data from its systems after a criminal claimed to have stolen data pertaining to 1.5…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
Decisions Decoded: Lessons from enforcement in relation to cyber incidents
By Catherine Pluck (UK), Katie Stephen (UK), Rosie Nance
Last month the FCA announced that it had fined Equifax Limited £11,164,400 for failing to manage and monitor the security of UK consumer data it had transferred to its parent…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
Decisions Decoded: Lessons from enforcement in relation to cyber incidents
By Katie Stephen (UK), Catherine Pluck (UK), Rosie Nance
Last month the FCA announced that it had fined Equifax Limited £11,164,400 for failing to manage and monitor the security of UK consumer data it had transferred to its parent…
Law Times News
Ontario Superior Court of Justice approves class action settlement over LifeLabs data breach
The parties have agreed to settle for $4.9 million
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
In an FTC First, Proposed Order Requires Global Tel*Link Corp. to Notify Users and Facilities of Future Breaches
On November 16, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission released a proposed order in connection with a complaint filed in August of 2020 against Global Tel*Link Corp. and its subsidiaries, Telmate…