Beazley Cites Ransomware as the Top Threat for Cyber-Attacks in 2020 -
Insurance provider Beazley has issued a report (free registration required) detailing the landscape of cyber-attacks over the past year. The report...more
3/31/2020
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Health Care Providers ,
Information Technology ,
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Ransomware ,
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The Florida Senate and House of Representatives are considering two bills (SB 1670 and HB 963) that, if adopted, will amend Florida law to create the state’s first comprehensive privacy law (though they do not go nearly as...more
1/28/2020
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SDNY Rejects Standing under “Increased Risk” Theory Where Data Not Targeted or Stolen -
The Southern District of New York rejected a settlement that would have resolved a class action based on the unauthorized (and...more
12/18/2019
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Brazil ,
Cable Television Providers ,
Class Action ,
Comcast ,
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California Adds Biometric Restrictions to Data-Breach Law, Potentially Creating a De Facto Biometric Privacy Law
Subject to the governor’s signature, California’s breach-notification law will gain additional requirements...more
9/25/2019
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YouTube
British Data Protection Authority Flexes GDPR Enforcement Muscles -
No longer is the bark of sanctions for lax data protection practices worse than its bite. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)—the United Kingdom's...more
7/17/2019
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
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Enforcement Actions ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
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Marriott ,
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UK
The California Consumer Privacy Act: The Next Frontier -
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has been called the beginning of America’s GDPR. As the most comprehensive privacy law in the United States, entities...more
6/5/2019
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
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Personally Identifiable Information ,
State and Local Government ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes ,
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Hotel Chain Pays $12 Million to Resolve Privacy Violations -
Motel 6 settled claims with the Washington State Attorney General for $12 million to resolve charges that Motel 6 violated the Consumer Protection Act and the...more
4/18/2019
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State Data Breach Notification Statutes
Florida Introduces BIPA Legislation -
A Florida state senator has introduced an identical version of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)....more
3/25/2019
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An identical version of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has been introduced in the Florida Senate. The bill includes the same private right of action. ...more
3/4/2019
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Fingerprints ,
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The Illinois Supreme Court’s decision last week in Rosenbach v. Six Flags may have closed the first of what will be several chapters in class action litigation arising from the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act...more
1/31/2019
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Biometric Information ,
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IL Supreme Court ,
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Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Standing ,
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Going Deep on the California Consumer Privacy Act -
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has been called the beginning of America’s GDPR. As the most comprehensive privacy law in the United States, entities doing...more
1/29/2019
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Invasion of Privacy ,
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Wifi
On Friday afternoon an Illinois intermediate appellate court decided that the bar for a plaintiff bringing a class action lawsuit under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) is low, creating a conflict with...more
While the privacy world is focused on the Equifax data breach, another development is taking place that could have a more lasting effect on privacy law. In the last month, plaintiffs’ lawyers in Illinois have filed over 20...more
10/17/2017
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Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Class Action ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Fingerprints ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Risk Management
One of the most significant questions in data security law is whether reports created by forensic firms investigating data breaches at the direction of counsel are protected from discovery in civil class action lawsuits. ...more
6/5/2017
/ Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Class Action ,
Credit Reporting Agencies ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Discovery ,
Experian ,
Forensic Accounting ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
T-Mobile ,
Work-Product Doctrine
The consequences of a data breach reached new heights last week when Yahoo announced the resignation of its General Counsel in response to a series of security incidents the company suffered. A more fulsome explanation of...more
3/5/2017
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Corporate Liability ,
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Data Privacy ,
Form 10-K ,
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Incident Response Plans ,
Internal Investigations ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Risk Mitigation ,
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