Early last year, I posted about tougher, bi-partisan privacy and data security legislation in the works in North Carolina. North Carolina State Representative Jason Saine (R), Senior Appropriations Chair, teamed-up with North...more
5/13/2019
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Document Productions ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Identity Theft ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Risk Assessment ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
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
1/25/2018
/ Consumer Reporting Agencies ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Credit Monitoring ,
Credit Reports ,
Customer Information ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Employment Records ,
Hackers ,
Identity Theft ,
Medical Records ,
Notification Requirements ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Ransomware
By now, most everyone has heard it from a friend who, heard it from a friend who, heard it from another about the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2016 decision in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins. It is the case being cited across the country in...more
10/5/2017
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Article III ,
Class Action ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Breach ,
Defamation ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Hackers ,
Identity Theft ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Libel ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
SCOTUS ,
Spokeo v Robins ,
Standing
Much to the dismay of companies, on August 1, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit made it easier for plaintiffs, and their attorneys, to bring class action data breach cases. In Attias v. CareFirst, Inc.,...more
8/15/2017
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Class Action ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Hackers ,
Identity Theft ,
Imminent Harm ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Pleadings ,
Spokeo v Robins ,
Standing ,
Substantial Risk of Harm