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Advocate Aurora Health to Pay $12.25 Million Settlement for Data Breach Class Action

In October 2022, Advocate Aurora Health notified 3 million individuals of a data breach resulting from its use of tracking pixels on its website for tracking website visitor activity. Now, this month, Advocate Aurora Health...more

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The Ontario Court of Appeal Confirms the Narrow Confines of the Tort of Intrusion Upon Seclusion

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2022 continued to be positive for institutional clients involved in privacy breach class actions, with the Ontario Court of Appeal refusing to expand the tort of intrusion upon seclusion to impose liability on institutions...more

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No Action for Theft of Personal Information Without Loss

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Theft of personal information does not by itself entitle the victim to damages in Canada; proof of loss or harm is required, the Alberta Court of Appeal held recently in Setoguchi v Uber BV. This, and other recent decisions,...more

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Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 21

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US Federal Appellate Court Issues Opinion on Proof of Injury in Data Breach Cases - On September 2, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reinstated a class action lawsuit that had previously been dismissed...more

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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 to pay for parking without having to...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - August 2022 #2

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CYBERSECURITY - Twilio Hit with Social Engineering Smishing Scheme - We’ve explained smishing schemes before. Smishing is like phishing, but uses SMS texting to deliver malicious code to users’ phones, or tricks the user...more

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San Diego Family Care Settles Data Breach Class Action for $1 Million

Recently, San Diego Family Care (SDFC) settled a class action related to a 2020 data breach for $1 million. The class includes all SDFC patients (or their parents/guardians) who received a breach notification in May 2021....more

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Recent Settlements and Penalties Show Perils of Data Breaches

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Two major U.S. financial institutions, Morgan Stanley and Capital One, recently agreed to resolve separate class action lawsuits by paying, in the aggregate, hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation for massive data...more

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If Your Disclosure of a Data Breach Was “Late,” You May Have to Litigate

A professional accounting firm in Illinois received an unwanted holiday “gift” in the form of a class action complaint stemming from its alleged failure to secure personally identifiable information (PII) and to timely notify...more

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Class Action Against Shopify Dismissed for Lack of Jurisdiction

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a consumer class action against Ledger SAS’s e-commerce vendor Shopify Inc. because of its locale – Shopify is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. Judge...more

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FabFitFun Settles Class Action for $625,000 for Alleged Data Security Failures

FabFitFun, a fashion and beauty subscription service, settled claims that it failed to adequately protect and secure consumer data resulting in a data breach for a sum of $625,000 in the U.S. District Court for the Central...more

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Statement Of Work Can Make Or Break Discoverability Of Data Breach Report

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A recent decision from a federal court in Pennsylvania highlights the importance of a carefully crafted statement of work (“SOW”) when commissioning an investigative report in response to a data security breach. A convenience...more

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M.D. Pa. orders the production of cybersecurity report in data breach class action

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Takeaway: Counsel for companies that suffer a data breach often hire an outside cybersecurity firm to remediate the breach and assist counsel in preparing for and defending against litigation. These companies typically take...more

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UPMC Finally Settles Data Breach Lawsuit for $2.7 Million

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UPMC’s employment records were hacked by criminals in 2014. A civil class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of approximately 66,000 employees, and criminal cases were filed by federal prosecutors against a number of...more

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La Cour divisionnaire de l’Ontario refuse d’autoriser une action collective fondée sur le délit d’intrusion dans l’intimité

Le 9 juin 2021, dans l’affaire Owsianik v. Equifax Canada Co., 2021 ONSC 4112 (l’« affaire Equifax »), la majorité des juges de la Cour divisionnaire de l’Ontario a rejeté le délit d’intrusion dans l’intimité comme question...more

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Ontario Divisional Court Overturns Certification of Intrusion Upon Seclusion Claim

On June 9, 2021, in Owsianik v Equifax Canada Co (Equifax), 2021 ONSC 4112, a majority of the Divisional Court overturned the certification of intrusion upon seclusion as a common issue in a class proceeding involving a...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - May 2021 #4

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CYBERSECURITY - Tulsa, OK Refuses to Pay Ransom to Attackers - The City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, announced on May 9, 2021, that it had been hit with a ransomware attack, but the Mayor is resolute in not paying the demanded...more

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School Nutrition Vendor Sued for Compromise of 867,209 K-12 Student Records

PCS Revenue Control Systems, Inc. (PCS) was hit with a proposed class action lawsuit last week alleging that it discovered a data breach from a hacking attack in December 2019 but failed to notify the affected students until...more

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The Circuit Split Continues: 11th Circuit Weighs In On Standing In Data Breach Litigation

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The 11th Circuit recently weighed in on the hottest issue is data breach litigation, whether a demonstration of actual harm is required to have standing to sue. Joining several other circuit courts, the 11th Circuit in Tsao...more

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Evidence of Harm Required To Advance Class Action Following Data Breach

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The Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta, in Setoguchi v Uber B.V., 2021 ABQB 18, recently dismissed an application for certification of a proposed class action resulting from a data breach because there was no evidence of harm...more

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Circuit Split Deepens as Eleventh Circuit Rejects “Risk of Identity Theft” Theory of Standing in Data Breach Suit

On February 4, 2021, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a customer’s proposed class action lawsuit against a Florida-based fast-food chain, PDQ, over a data breach. The three-judge panel rejected the argument that...more

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Canon Hit with Data Breach Class Action Suit by Former and Current Employees

Canon U.S.A. Inc. (Canon) was hit with a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York this week for the ransomware attack that exposed current and former employees’ personal information...more

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Anthem Agrees to $48 Million Multi-State Settlements Over 2014 Data Breach

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Health insurer Anthem, Inc. has finally reached a settlement with a coalition of 41 states plus the District of Columbia, and a separate settlement with California, to resolve state attorney general investigations of a data...more

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Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 7, September 2020

U.S. Judge Halts Trump's TikTok Ban, Hours Before It was Set to Start - "John Hall, an attorney for TikTok, said that the app, with some 100 million American users, is a 'modern day version of the town square' and shutting...more

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Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 6, September 2020

TikTok Will Partner with Oracle in the United States After Microsoft Loses Bid - "TikTok and Oracle will become business partners in the United States — a deal meant to satisfy the Trump administration's national security...more

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