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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Camera Company Will Pay $2.95 Million to Settle Security Claims

Verkada, a manufacturer and retailer of security cameras, has settled FTC accusations of lax security measures. The company sells its products to businesses, including schools and medical facilities. It markets its products...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Biotech Company Settles with Three State AGs Over Security Practices

A biotech company recently settled with three AGs over allegations that it had failed to protect consumer information. According to the AGs of Connecticut, New York and New Jersey, this led to a 2023 data incident. The...more

Alston & Bird

The Digital Download – Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Newsletter – August 2024

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Selected U.S. Privacy and Cyber Updates - New York AG Seeks Comments on Rulemaking for Minors’ Online Protection Laws - On August 1, 2024, New York Attorney General Letitia James issued two advanced notices of proposed...more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

Attorneys’ Fees Award in Data Breach Class Action Settlement Reversed by Eighth Circuit

These days it seems like nearly every data breach results in a multitude of class action filings. Some of these cases settle quickly with minimal litigation. In such a case, the Eighth Circuit recently reversed an attorneys’...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Ring, Ring, it’s the FCC Calling- TracFone to Pay $16M to Settle FCC Investigation

TracFone, the pre-paid phone company, recently settled with the FCC over allegations that the company failed to protect customer information during three different data incidents. According to the FCC, in each of the...more

Dechert LLP

Dechert Cyber Bits - Issues 57

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CFPB Director Chopra Emphasizes “Pressing Need” for Data Protections - On June 12, 2024 and June 13, 2024, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra appeared before the Senate Banking Committee and the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Convergent Outsourcing Settles Data Breach Class Action for $2.45 Million

Convergent Outsourcing Inc., a debt-collection agency, settled a data breach class action in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington for $2.45 million. The class action suit against Convergent alleged...more

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Class Action & MDL Roundup 2023 Q4 - Not All Cases Survive and Advance

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Welcome to the Class Action & MDL Roundup, our quarterly review of decisions and settlements in the class action arena. In this edition, student-athletes win an NIL round, Canadians in California isn’t personal...more

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FTC Enters Consent Agreement With Blackbaud Following Major Data Breach

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On February 1, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or “the Commission”) announced that it had reached a settlement with Blackbaud, a software company, resolving claims related to a 2020 data breach that resulted in the...more

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That’s a Wrap…or Not? Regulatory Data Incident Investigation Resolutions and the Path Forward

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As we discussed in part three of this series, “Navigating the Complexities of Regulatory Data Incident Investigations,” when an organization is the subject of regulatory data incident investigations, it must navigate a...more

Saul Ewing LLP

NYC Hospital Agrees to Pay $4.75 Million as Part of a HIPAA Settlement

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On February 6, 2024, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a settlement with Montefiore Medical Center (“MMC”) for alleged HIPAA Security Rule violations and MMC agreed to pay $4.75 million and enter into a...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

NYAG Settles with Healthplex for $400,000

On December 8, 2023, New York Attorney General Leticia James penned her approval to an Assurance of Discontinuance with third party dental administrator Healthplex, settling the enforcement action for $400,000 and a litany of...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Benefits Monthly Minute - December 2023

Happy Holidays! The December Monthly Minute includes a fiduciary checkup reminder and a look at HHS’ recent settlement stemming from a phishing attack that impacted ePHI of nearly 35,000 individuals....more

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Class Action & MDL Roundup 2023 Q3 - Catching the Class Action Waive(r)

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Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! This edition covers notable class actions from the third quarter of 2023. In this edition, a mistake is just a mistake, “99.99%” isn’t 100% clear, and faxes aren’t always...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Multistate Coalition of State Attorneys General Secures $49.5 Million from Cloud Company Blackbaud for 2020 Data Breach

State regulators across the country continue to increase their focus on cyber security and data privacy compliance and enforcement. For years, cloud company Blackbaud, a service provider to thousands of nonprofit enterprises,...more

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Business Associate Victim of Ransomware Attack Pays $100,000 to HHS OCR

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Is your organization a business associate? You could be subject to enforcement action if you fail to protect health information within your control from ransomware attacks. In October, for the first time, the U.S....more

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New York AG Remains Active On The Data Security Enforcement Front

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In yet another example of its focus on imposing greater data security accountability, the New York Attorney General (“NYAG”) recently announced a significant settlement with Marymount Manhattan College (“the College”). The...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Healthcare clearinghouse settles for $1.4M over data breach

On October 17, a healthcare clearinghouse reached a $1.4 million settlement with a coalition of 33 state attorneys general for allegedly exposing the protected health information of approximately 1.5 million consumers. As a...more

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State AGs and State Money Transmission Regulators Settle With Payment Processor Over Unauthorized Mortgage Withdrawals

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On October 17, 52 state and territorial attorneys general, in addition to state money transmission regulators, entered into settlements amounting to more than $20 million with ACI Worldwide (ACI), to resolve claims involving...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Blackbaud Settles Multistate Investigation Related to Data Breach for $49.5 Million

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Blackbaud, a software company that was the subject of a multistate investigation for a 2020 data breach, has reached a settlement for $49.5 million with the attorneys general (AGs) of 49 states (not including California) and...more

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Blackbaud Reaches $49.5 Million Multistate Settlement Over Data Breach

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Last week, 49 state attorneys general announced a $49.5 million settlement with Blackbaud, Inc. (Blackbaud) over the software company’s data-security practices and its response to a breach in 2020 that exposed the personal...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: October 2023

Report on Patient Privacy 23, no. 10 (October, 2023) Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals will pay California $49 million to resolve allegations that they unlawfully disposed of hazardous waste,...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Successive HIPAA Breaches Lead to $1.3 Million Settlement for Nation’s Largest Public Health Plan

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On Sept. 11, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that the Local Initiative Health Authority for Los Angeles County (LA Care) entered into a $1.3 million settlement...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Health Care Coding and Billing Entity Pays $75,000 Settlement to Resolve HIPAA Data Breach

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement on June 28, 2023 of potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy...more

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Five Years After ‘a Singular Human Error,’ Two Breach Notices, Revenue Firm Settles With OCR

Five Years After ‘a Singular Human Error,’ Two Breach Notices, Revenue Firm Settles With OCR - As far as settlements for alleged HIPAA violations go, a recent agreement announced by the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR)...more

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