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Data Breach
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Inside Class Actions
Hospital Data Breach Class Action Fails Due to “Speculative” Injury
A court in the District of Kansas recently remanded a data breach class action against a hospital to state court for lack of standing, holding that the named plaintiffs had…
The Data Advisor
FTC Announces Settlement with Drizly; Complaint Names CEO in His Individual Capacity
By Christopher Olsen, Yeji Kim
On October 24, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed consent order against Drizly and its CEO, James Cory Rellas, over the online alcohol marketplace company’s data breach…
ComplexDiscovery
Red Storm Rising? Data Breaches Rise Globally in Q3 2022
By Rob Robinson
Editor’s Note: From time to time, ComplexDiscovery highlights publicly available or privately purchasable announcements, content updates, and research from cyber, data, and legal discovery providers, research organizations, and ComplexDiscovery community members.…
Privacy World
California Appellate Court In Ruling of First Impression Affirms Denial of Class Certification in Data Breach Involving Confidential Medical Information
Last month a California appellate court affirmed (for the first time among any state appellate courts to consider the issue) the lower court’s denial of class certification for claims brought…
Hunton Retail Law Resource
NYDFS Fines EyeMed $4.5 Million for Cybersecurity Violations
On October 18, 2022, the New York State Department of Financial Services announced that EyeMed Vision Care LLC agreed to a $4.5 million settlement for violations of the Cybersecurity Regulation…
eDiscovery Today Blog
Advocate Aurora Health Data Breach Affects Up to 3M Patients: Cybersecurity Trends
By Doug Austin
Yet another story which illustrates the importance of Cybersecurity Awareness Month! Advocate Aurora Health reported a data breach that could affect up to 3 million patients! The post Advocate Aurora…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Court upholds privacy commissioner’s refusal to reveal documents considered in data breach decision
Requested documents are all protected by adjudicative privilege, Ontario Superior Court found
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
New York Attorney General Fines E-Commerce Parent Company for Failing to Properly Handle a Data Breach
On October 12, 2022, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that her office had secured a $1.9 million penalty from e-commerce retailer Zoetop, owner of SHEIN and ROMWE, following…
CyberAdviser
Third Circuit Becomes First Court of Appeals to Address Article III Standing in a Data Breach Case Post TransUnion
By Philip N. Yannella, Gregory P. Szewczyk
The Third Circuit recently became the first federal appellate court to address the question of whether the victim of a data breach has Article III standing to bring a claim…
RopesDataPhiles
Former Chief Security Officer of Uber Convicted for Mishandling 2016 Data Breach
On October 5, 2022, Joe Sullivan, Uber’s former Chief Security Officer, was convicted of “obstruction of the proceedings of the Federal Trade Commission and misprision of felony in connection with…