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  1. Proskauer on Privacy

    Standing to Sue: Is Theft of Drivers’ License Numbers Sufficient to Allege Imminent Threat of Future Harm?

    By Ryan Blaney, Margaret A. Dale, Nolan Goldberg, Amy Gordon

    Judge Jeffrey White of the Northern District of California recently dismissed a putative class action lawsuit in which plaintiffs claimed they faced an imminent threat of future of harm in…

  2. Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor

    What to Do When a Phishing Attack Happens to You

    By Kamran Salour, Sadia Mirza, Chris Willis

    Please join Consumer Financial Services Partner Chris Willis and his colleagues Privacy + Cyber Associate Sadia Mirza and Privacy + Cyber Partner Kamran Salour as they discuss phishing. Kamran and…

  3. Privacy Zone

    Learning From Data Breach Cases To Reduce Legal Risk

    By Anjali Jenna (AJ) Teigen

    The average cost of a data breach is on the rise. According to the 2022 ForgeRock Consumer Identity Breach Report, the average cost in 2021 of recovering from a data breach…

  4. Privacy World

    English Courts’ Stance on Low-Value Data Breach Claims Continues to Harden, But There May be Hiccups Along the Way

    By Victoria Leigh

    Over the last couple of years, the High Court has been sceptical of low-value compensation claims for minor data breaches (see our previous articles here and here). Such scepticism is illustrated by the…

  5. Consumer Privacy World

    English Courts’ Stance on Low-Value Data Breach Claims Continues to Harden, But There May be Hiccups Along the Way

    By Victoria Leigh, Daniel Ajuh

    Over the last couple of years, the High Court has been sceptical of low-value compensation claims for minor data breaches (see our previous articles here and here). Such scepticism is illustrated by the…

  6. Eye On Privacy

    FTC and Other Regulators Continue to Signal Interest in Mobile Health Apps

    By Julia Kadish

    The FTC is closing out 2022 with additional guidance for mobile health app developers signaling its continued interest in this industry. Since 2021, we have seen several steps from the…

  7. Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider

    Class Action Filed Against Blackhawk Network for Failure to Secure Consumer Data Leading to Breach

    By Kathryn Rattigan

    A 34-page class action was filed against Blackhawk Network for a data breach that occurred on MyPrepaidCenter.com in September of this year. The plaintiffs allege that Blackhawk Network’s failure to…

  8. LegalTech Lever

    Productizing Legal Services: How Law Firms are Implementing Data Breach Tools 

    By Daniel Linna

    By Nathan Alamillo, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law third-year law student, and Dan Linna. The Catalog of Law Firm Innovations identifies innovative tools that law firms have implemented to improve…

  9. The CLS Blue Sky Blog

    Willkie Farr Discusses Personal Liability for Executives in the Wake of Cyber Incidents

    By Daniel K. Alvarez, Laura E. Jehl, Stefan Ducich And  Amal Ibraymi

    A new and potentially significant tool in regulatory enforcement is emerging for executives whose companies suffer a cybersecurity incident.  The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), in a recently proposed Decision and…

  10. Bright Law Blog

    Medibank Private data breach update

    By David Jacobson

    The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) have given updates on their responses to the recent cyber attack on Medibank. The OAIC…