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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
ParkMobile Can’t Escape Data Breach Class Action
The class action lawsuit will continue against ParkMobile LLC for a data breach that affected 21 million users of the parking app (Baker v. ParkMobile LLC).The ParkMobile app allows users…
Searcy Law Blog
What is New in MultiDistrict Litigation? — September Hearing
Hip Implants Gone Wrong The next hearing session of the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”) is scheduled for September 29, 2022, in St. Louis, Missouri. Five matters…
Privacy World
The Southern District of Florida Issues Ruling Further Limiting Claims in Data Breach MDL
The Southern District of Florida issued its second motion to dismiss ruling in the multidistrict litigation (“MDL”), In re Mednax Services, MDL No. 2994, further limiting Plaintiffs’ claims but allowing…
Consumer Finance and Fintech Blog
CFPB Circular: Safeguard Consumer Data or Face Liability
By Moorari Shah, A.J. Dhaliwal
On August 11, the CFPB published a circular clarifying liability under consumer financial protection law for bank and nonbank financial companies that fail to safeguard consumer data. The circular describes…
Data Protection Report
Alberta OIPC’s 2022 PIPA Breach Report – Trends and Key Takeaways
By John Cassell (CA), Imran Ahmad (CA), Miranda Sharpe
On July 27, 2022, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta (OIPC) released its 2022 PIPA Breach Report.[1] The report analyzes the nearly 2,000 breach reports[2] received…
Privacy World
CPW Week in Review
In case you missed it, below are recent posts from Consumer Privacy World covering the latest developments on data privacy, security and innovation. Please reach out to the authors if you…
Inside Class Actions
Class Certification Denied in Data Breach Class Action Based on Class-Action Waiver in Terms of Service
The Northern District of California denied class certification in a data breach suit against Zoosk, an online dating service, concluding that the lead plaintiff had waived any right to represent…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
ACTS Retirement Services Faces Class Action over Data Breach
ACTS Retirement Services, Inc. (ACTS), a non-profit corporation that manages retirement communities, suffered a data breach in April 2022, which led to unauthorized access to thousands of current and former…
Data Protection Report
NYDFS proposes significant cybersecurity regulation amendments
By Dan Pepper (US), Susan Ross (US), Patrick Burke (US)
On July 29, 2022, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced a “pre-proposed outreach” of material proposed changes to almost every section of its cybersecurity regulations, and would…
WilmerHale Privacy and Cybersecurity Law
$8 Million Multistate Settlement Resolves 2019 Data Breach Investigation
By WilmerHale Privacy and Cybersecurity Lawyers
On July 26, 2022, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that New Jersey is co-leading an $8 million multistate settlement with Wawa, Inc. (Wawa) that resolves a…