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Data Breach
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Privacy World
BREAKING: Sixth Circuit in Sonic Data Breach Litigation Denies Request to Appeal District Court’s Certification of Class, Dismissing Sonic’s Self-Identification and Standing Based Arguments
By Kristin Bryan, Angelo Carosio
CPW’s Kristin Bryan has been covering the Sonic data breach litigation and broader lessons the case carries for other data privacy class actions. A ruling from the Sixth Circuit this…
Consumer Class Defense Blog
First There Was Litigation; And Then There Was Standing
By Paul Ferrillo, Kristine Argentine, Emily Dorner, Alexandra V. Drury, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Now more than ever, it is important for organizations to review and update their basic information security protocols (their incident response, business continuity and crisis communications plans), and to ensure…
CyberAdviser
Federal Court Holds that Cloud Service Provider is Subject to CMIA
By Philip N. Yannella, Gregory P. Szewczyk, Eric K. Temmel
On August 12, 2021, the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina issued an opinion denying in part and granting in part a motion by Blackbaud to…
Eye On Privacy
SEC Fine Highlights Importance of Cybersecurity Disclosures
By Liisa Thomas, Julia Kadish, Kari Rollins
The SEC recently announced a settlement with Pearson plc where the company has agreed to pay $1 million to settle charges that it misled investors about a 2018 cyber incident.…
Insurance Law Hawaii
Denial of Claim for Data Breach Overturned by Fifth Circuit
The Fifth Circuit reversed the district court's grant of summary judgment which held that the insurer had no duty to defend a data breach suit filed against the…
Bright Law Blog
Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme report 1 January to 30 June 2021
The Privacy Commissioner has published the Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme report for the period from 1 January to 30 June 2021. The OAIC received 446 data breach notifications from January…
Privacy World
Fifth Circuit Orders Coverage Under CGL Policies in Data Incident Litigation
Data privacy litigations are on the rise. With this increase in cases comes an increase in coverage disputes regarding when an insurer has a duty to defend its insured in…
Future Lawyer
TMobile Breach – Do This Now.
By rickgeorges
47 Million Hit By TMobile Data Breach. I love TMobile. But, millions of us now have our names, social security numbers, and other personal information out in the world. The…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
T-Mobile Clarifies Facts of Security Incident in Press Release
There has been a flurry of reporting in the past few days on the T-Mobile customer data compromise, with allegations that the compromise affected up to 100 million customers. The…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
$2.35 Million Settlement in Dickey’s Barbecue Data Breach Class Action
This week, a proposed data breach class action against Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants Inc. was settled for $2.35 million in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas with…