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[Webinar] Information Governance and Cyber Security Breach Review: Best Practices - August 10th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT

Association of Certified E-Discovery... on 7/26/2022

The best practice approach to effectively handling a data security incident starts with a proactive response plan. But when the inevitable occurs, will your plan stand up to the test? Join our panel of experts as they discuss...more

Data Breach: No Injury-in-Fact, Case Dismissed

Knobbe Martens on 11/25/2020

It well known that there are, unfortunately, many data breaches that frequently put private citizens’ data privacy in jeopardy. States have passed a variety of statutes aimed at addressing this problem in an attempt to...more

Privacy Perils: Respect Your Elders

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 5/8/2020

It is a commonly-held belief that younger, more tech-savvy individuals are less likely to engage in risky cyber practices than their “senior,” pre-internet counterparts. Recent evidence, however, indicates to the contrary...more

Banner Health Settles Data Breach Class Action Litigation for $6 Million

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 12/13/2019

Arizona-based Banner Health has agreed to settle for up to $6 million a class action case filed against it following a 2016 incident that compromised the personal information of 3 million individuals....more

Delaware Signs Insurance Data Security Act into Law

White and Williams LLP on 8/2/2019

On July 31, 2019, Governor Carney signed the Delaware Insurance Data Security Act (formerly, HB 174) into law. Based on the National Association Of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Insurance Data Security Model Law, the...more

But Wait, There’s Less – Equifax Settlement Update

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 8/2/2019

We know we told you yesterday about the Equifax settlement and how you could make a claim in connection with the breach. Well, consumers whose personal information was compromised in Equifax’s massive 2017 data breach are in...more

Privacy Tip #201 – Capital One Suffers Massive Data Breach

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/1/2019

Many readers have reached out to learn about the Capital One data breach and how it affects us. If you haven’t been watching the story unfold as closely as I have, here is a summary of what happened, what information was...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - June 2019 #4

Robinson & Cole LLP on 6/28/2019

Security researchers have warned municipalities repeatedly about how they are being targeted with ransomware, that they are at high risk, and the need to make data security a high priority. Please see full Publication blow...more

US State Breach Law Modifications Begin in 2019 with Massachusetts

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/12/2019

Massachusetts’ breach notice law has been amended, requiring companies who suffer a data breach to provide more information to the Attorney General about the incident. The law will go into effect in a month, on April 11,...more

Massachusetts to Require Credit Monitoring for Certain Data Breaches

Sands Anderson PC on 2/6/2019

As of April 11, 2019, Massachusetts will require organizations suffering a data breach that involves a resident’s social security number to provide credit monitoring services (CM Services) at no cost to the resident. If the...more

Massachusetts Changes Data Breach Notification Requirements

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/30/2019

The Governor of Massachusetts has just signed into law amendments to the state’s data breach notification law. The amendments will go into effect April 11, 2019. Under the amended law, companies whose breaches involve Social...more

Credit Monitoring Services

BCLP on 8/22/2018

Organizations are not generally required to offer services to consumers whose information was involved in a breach. Nonetheless, many organizations choose to offer credit reports (i.e., a list of the open credit accounts...more

Data Breaches Prove Costly for Major Businesses

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley on 6/27/2018

In an age where data is widely available and almost everything is stored online, data breaches are becoming more common, and the outcomes of cases involving data breaches are unpredictable. Data involved in a breach can range...more

Gone Phishing: Employer Faces Liability for Mistakenly Disclosing W-2 Forms to Scammer

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP on 4/26/2018

Phishing. Spoofing. - These words may sound silly, but for employers, they are anything but. Phishing is the attempt to obtain sensitive electronic information—such as usernames, passwords, or financial...more

Tougher Privacy and Data Security Protections Coming to North Carolina

Fisher Phillips on 1/25/2018

A bi-partisan privacy and data security bill, which will significantly impact companies with North Carolina employees, is in the works. North Carolina State Representative Jason Saine (R), Appropriations Chairman of...more

Data Breach Notification Revisions in North Carolina Would Bring Radical Change

Vedder Price on 1/22/2018

A North Carolina bill designed to strengthen the state’s data breach notification statute could radically change incident response. Through the Act to Strengthen Identity Theft Protections, North Carolina could quickly become...more

North Carolina AG Proposes Stronger Breach Notification And Personal Information Safeguard Requirements

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/11/2018

Citing to estimates in 2017 “more than 5.3 million North Carolinians were … affected by a data breach,” Attorney General Josh Stein and Rep. Jason Saine announced on January 8 proposed legislation aimed at protecting state...more

Privacy Perils: PayPal Data Breach

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 12/11/2017

On December 1, PayPal disclosed that an ongoing investigation into identify security vulnerabilities identified a data breach that may have compromised personally identifiable information for roughly 1.6 million customers at...more

Florida Blue Breach Exposes Applications of 939 Individuals

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 11/27/2017

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida (Florida Blue) has announced that 475 applications for insurance were backed up to the cloud, on an unsecured cloud server, by an unaffiliated agent of Real Time Health Quotes, and exposed...more

Privacy Perils: Reality Check - Your Information is Not Secure

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 10/16/2017

As we all know, over the past few years there have been a host of data breaches by entities that most of us expected would safeguard that information. The latest loss of roughly 150 million Americans' personal information is...more

Equifax Breach: What Can the Hackers Do with Your Information and How Can You Protect Yourself?

Bowditch & Dewey on 9/22/2017

The Equifax breach is not the biggest in terms of the number of people affected (the 2016 Yahoo breach compromised data associated with over 500 million user accounts compared to the 143 million people affected by the Equifax...more

Protecting Your Identity After a Data Breach

Jones Day on 9/21/2017

In light of recent high-profile breaches of highly sensitive data, this is a good time to remind individuals of how to protect their identity and credit information....more

Delaware Amends Personal Information Protection Law

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 9/8/2017

On August 17, 2017, Delaware amended its personal information protection law, Delaware Code Title 6, Chapter 12B. The amendment becomes effective 240 days after enactment or March 14, 2018. The amended law significantly...more

Privacy Tip #4—What do I do when I get a letter informing me of a data breach?

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/9/2015

We’ve all gotten them–the dreaded letter that informs us that our data has been compromised, including our Social Security number. Some have received so many of these “notifications” that they are de-sensitized, throw their...more

Investment Adviser and SEC Agree to Settle Charges Arising out of Failure to Adopt Written Cybersecurity Policies Required by the...

Jackson Walker on 10/8/2015

The SEC charged investment adviser R.T. Jones with willfully violating the Safeguards Rule by failing to adopt written policies and procedures designed to protect customer records and information. The Safeguards Rule requires...more

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