Personally Identifiable Information, Data Breach

The Legal Issues of Cloud-based Computing Services

by Lisa K. Abe-Oldenburg | Bennett Jones LLP on 4/25/2013

Business leaders are under tremendous pressure to maximize the value of their company's IT and data. Staying on top of the ever-changing technology and tools available today can be daunting and give rise to complex legal...more

Internet Regulation and Data Privacy in China

by Thomas M. Shoesmith | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 4/24/2013

China is the world’s second largest economy, with an annual growth rate of more than eight percent and a rapidly growing middle class. Foreign investment into China routinely exceeds US$100 billion a year. Businesses from all...more

Consumer Data Privacy and Data Breach Claims Haven’t Had a Leg to Stand on, But Support May Be on the Way

by F. Paul Pittman | Sedgwick LLP on 4/8/2013

As the saying goes, “You never really know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone.” For class plaintiffs seeking redress for the unauthorized collection of their personal information (PI), it’s their claims that courts have allowed...more

Advertising Law - March 28, 2013

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 3/29/2013

In This Issue: Marc Roth and Lindsay Conner to Serve as Faculty for PLI Information Technology Law Institute 2013; Data Security, Emerging Tech to Be Focus for FTC; Mobile Payment Services Subject of New FTC Report;...more

Privacy Changes Coming to China

by Gabriel Bloch, Jingxiao Fang, Paul D. McKenzie, Miriam Wugmeister | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/28/2013

Originally published in Privacy & Security Law on 03/18/2013. There is continued focus in China on privacy and data security issues. China still has no omnibus law, but it has promulgated some sector-specific...more

Safeguards against Data Security Breaches (Part One) [Video]

by Robert Brownstone | Fenwick & West LLP on 3/19/2013

With data security breaches dominating the headlines and a rising number of employees taking advantage of BYOD, or bring your own device to work policies, businesses have found themselves vulnerable to targets by hackers,...more

European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy publish opinion on the proposed General Data Protection Regulation

by Cynthia O'Donoghue | Reed Smith on 3/15/2013

Following the lead of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), which already released its draft report (see our prior blog), 20 February, the European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and...more

South Korea Opens the Door for Unintentional Data Breach Collective Actions

by Nathan Schacht | BakerHostetler on 3/5/2013

On February 15, 2013, the Seoul Western District Court in South Korea issued a judgment in a collective consumer action against a South Korean company for a data breach involving personal data in its possession. Importantly,...more

The Data Breach Lawsuit Powder Keg

by Brad Walz | Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. on 2/28/2013

Most data breaches occur because companies fail to implement adequate safeguards to protect personal identifiable information, and data breaches are growing in scope and sophistication. A study by NetDiligence concluded that...more

What The Cybersecurity Executive Order Means For The Rest Of Us

by Travis Crabtree | Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on 2/26/2013

If you are the CEO of Google, Facebook, Verizon, Comcast, Exxon or Boeing, don’t read this. You have a team of lawyers working for you who have already spent hours analyzing President Obama’s Cybersecurity executive order...more

The Storm Has Arrived: Cybersecurity, Risks And Response

by Michael Volkov on 2/25/2013

Every day the headlines report another Fortune 500 company suffering a hacking incident. For companies, the hack itself creates substantial risks of economic devastation caused by the theft of valuable trade secrets. Add to...more

Maryland Cybersecurity-Related Legislative Developments

by Michael Baader, Dismas Locaria, Anthony Rosso, Ryan Sweigard | Venable LLP on 2/21/2013

The Maryland State Senate is considering several cybersecurity-related bills to advance the state’s efforts to be the epicenter for cybersecurity. Maryland has already enacted several measures to foster cybersecurity...more

Blood Bank Data Breach Class Action Settlement Preliminarily Approved by California District Court Judge

by Tina Amin | BakerHostetler on 2/21/2013

In Johansson-Dohrmann v. CBR Systems, Inc. et al, No. 3:12-cv-01115 (S.D. Cal., filed May 7, 2012), the latest data privacy class action to reach settlement, Judge Michael M. Anello on February 5, 2013 granted preliminary...more

FTC Obtains Settlement From Cord Blood Bank In Data Theft Action

by BuckleySandler LLP on 2/14/2013

On February 5, a federal district court in California approved a settlement recently obtained by the FTC, which (i) requires a California-based firm that operates a cord blood bank to establish a comprehensive information...more

Blood Bank Settles FTC Complaint About Customer Data Privacy

by Jeff Ifrah on 2/11/2013

Any company that collects personal information about individuals, such as credit card numbers and social security numbers, must be very careful about the way in which it stores and secures that information. Even a blood bank...more

ICO Fine Signals International Risks of Data Breaches

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 2/8/2013

On January 24, 2013, the UK Data Protection Watchdog — the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) — fined Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited £250,000 (about $400,000) for its alleged failure to implement...more

Cord Blood Bank Settles FTC Charges that it Failed to Protect Consumers’ Sensitive Personal Information

by King & Spalding on 2/5/2013

On January 28, 2013, CBR Systems, Inc. (CBR) agreed to settle FTC charges that it failed to protect its customers’ personal information, including nearly 300,000 customers’ Social Security numbers and credit and debit card...more

Enough Already: Encrypt Those Portable Devices

by Tim Banks | Dentons on 1/30/2013

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Data Privacy Day (January 28) that it had reached a settlement with a cord blood bank in respect of the loss of nearly 300,000 customers’ personal information. The lost...more

Data Privacy Day 2013 – Tip #2 – Dust off your information security policy (or start putting one in place…)

by Amy Malone | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 1/29/2013

Do you have a comprehensive information security program? Many businesses are still operating without one, leaving them open to preventable data breaches. The importance of info security programs was yet again underscored...more

Final Rules Under HIPAA/HITECH Impact Employer Plans

by Saghi "Sage" Fattahian, Lauren Licastro, Georgina O'Hara | Morgan Lewis on 1/28/2013

Modifications to the rules require action by group health plan sponsors and their vendors, including revisions to policies and procedures and new privacy notices. On January 17, the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S....more

The Sony data breach fine: A hand-slap from London now, but what would it have been under the proposed new EU Data Protection...

by Susan Foster | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 1/25/2013

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Sony £250,000 for the widely publicized 2011 security breach during which hackers gained access to personal data (including credit card information) of over 77 million...more

US Tech Companies May Soon be Required to Report Security Breaches to the EU

by Karen H Bromberg | Cohen & Gresser LLP on 1/23/2013

U.S. based tech companies that store data on the Internet may soon be required to report the loss or theft of personal information to the E.U. or face sanctions and fines according to legislation being proposed by the...more

Why Medical Providers Should Take Caution with Sensitive Information, Especially With Mobile Devices

by Steven J. Bonafonte | Pullman & Comley, LLC on 1/22/2013

We continue to hear reports of large-scale data breaches that involve the loss or theft of thousands of records containing personally identifiable information of individuals (PII). If such a loss or theft is determined to...more

De-Identifying Protected Health Information: OCR Issues Long-Awaited Guidance

by Sharon Klein, Anne Davies Newman | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 1/5/2013

The HIPAA Privacy Rule is intended to protect individually identifiable health information by limiting its use and disclosure. But the Privacy Rule expressly permits the de-identification of that information, and in doing so...more

Privacy Breaches Can Be One-Two Punch for Employers: Arbitrator Awards Damages for Employee Credit Checks that Breached Privacy...

by Anne Côté, Terri Susan Zurbrigg | Field Law on 12/14/2012

Twenty-six employees of the Alberta Justice and Attorney General’s Maintenance Enforcement Program (“MEP”) were each awarded $1250.00 in damages each after a Peace Officer carrying out a workplace investigation used their...more

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Personally Identifiable Information › Data Breach

The Legal Issues of Cloud-based Computing Services

Internet Regulation and Data Privacy in China

Consumer Data Privacy and Data Breach Claims Haven’t Had a Leg to Stand on, But Support May Be on the Way

Advertising Law - March 28, 2013

Privacy Changes Coming to China

Safeguards against Data Security Breaches (Part One) [Video]

European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy publish opinion on the proposed General Data Protection Regulation

South Korea Opens the Door for Unintentional Data Breach Collective Actions

The Data Breach Lawsuit Powder Keg

What The Cybersecurity Executive Order Means For The Rest Of Us

The Storm Has Arrived: Cybersecurity, Risks And Response

Maryland Cybersecurity-Related Legislative Developments

Blood Bank Data Breach Class Action Settlement Preliminarily Approved by California District Court Judge

FTC Obtains Settlement From Cord Blood Bank In Data Theft Action

Blood Bank Settles FTC Complaint About Customer Data Privacy

ICO Fine Signals International Risks of Data Breaches

Cord Blood Bank Settles FTC Charges that it Failed to Protect Consumers’ Sensitive Personal Information

Enough Already: Encrypt Those Portable Devices

Data Privacy Day 2013 – Tip #2 – Dust off your information security policy (or start putting one in place…)

Final Rules Under HIPAA/HITECH Impact Employer Plans

The Sony data breach fine: A hand-slap from London now, but what would it have been under the proposed new EU Data Protection...

US Tech Companies May Soon be Required to Report Security Breaches to the EU

Why Medical Providers Should Take Caution with Sensitive Information, Especially With Mobile Devices

De-Identifying Protected Health Information: OCR Issues Long-Awaited Guidance

Privacy Breaches Can Be One-Two Punch for Employers: Arbitrator Awards Damages for Employee Credit Checks that Breached Privacy...

Safeguards against Data Security Breaches (Part One) [Video]

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