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Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
UK High Court Dismisses Claims Following DSG Data Breach
On July 30, 2021, the UK High Court handed down its judgment in the case of Warren v DSG Retail Ltd [2021] EWHC 2168 (QB), determining that the claimant could…
Rivkin Rounds
New CT Cybersecurity Law Protects Against Liability for Data Breaches
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont recently signed into law “An Act Incentivizing the Adoption of Cybersecurity Standards for Businesses” (Public Act No. 21-119). Under the Act, “covered entities” that implement certain…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Extortion Doesn’t Work for EA Sports Hackers
According to The Record, Electronic Arts Sports (EA) was the victim of a cyber hacking in June, when hackers posted on an underground hacking forum that they were in possession…
Bench & Bar of Minnesota
Security is a team game
By Minnesota State Bar Association
By Mark Lanterman Last month I discussed the impact of President Biden’s recent executive order on national cybersecurity. The order comes at a particularly critical time for the United States,…
E-Discovery
Court Recently Orders Handover of Breach Forensic Report-CPW’s Kristin Bryan Talks to CyberScoop
CPW’s Kristin Bryan was interviewed recently by CyberScoop regarding the significance of the court’s decision in In re Rutter’s which ordered the production of a forensic report and related communications…
Privacy World
Sonic Data Breach Litigation Update: Proof Positive a Forensic Report Can Be a Sword of Plaintiff and a Shield of Defendant in Cybersecurity Litigation
By Kristin Bryan, Angelo Carosio
CPW has previously covered the long-running Sonic cybersecurity litigations. As readers will recall, in 2017 unidentified third parties accessed Sonic customers’ payment card data. The hackers purportedly obtained customer payment…
Privacy World
Court Recently Orders Handover of Breach Forensic Report-CPW’s Kristin Bryan Talks to CyberScoop
By Kristin Bryan, Angelo Carosio
CPW's Kristin Bryan was interviewed recently by CyberScoop regarding the significance of the court's decision in In re Rutter's which ordered the production of a forensic report and related communications…
Healthcare Law Blog
California Issues New Health Facility Breach Reporting Requirements
By Elizabeth Balfour, Eva Schifini
On July 1, 2021, the California Department of Public Health (“CDPH”) issued new regulations[1] (the “Regulations”) effective immediately that more narrowly limit the circumstances under which instances of unauthorized access…
ComplexDiscovery
Incidental Growth? Cost of a Data Breach Hits Record High According to New Report
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…
Privacy World
Walmart CCPA Case Kicked for Good by Federal Judge, Case Reaffirms Mere Misappropriation of PI Does Not Establish Compensable Damages
Last week a federal judge dismissed a putative class action alleging that Walmart’s purportedly deficient security practices compromised customers’ personal data in violation of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). …