Given the nearly daily reports of data breaches, ransomware attacks and phishing exploits affecting entities of all sizes, Arizona entities should be aware that Arizona law may require them to provide notice to employees,...more
3/22/2018
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Hackers ,
New Legislation ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
State and Local Government ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
On March 6, 2018, the FTC hosted a live Twitter chat to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)....more
Any entity that does business in these states or maintains confidential information of their residents should monitor the proposed data breach legislation discussed below: Oregon, New York, Alabama, and Rhode Island....more
3/5/2018
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Equifax ,
Hackers ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Preemption ,
Proposed Legislation ,
State and Local Government ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
As we first reported in our January 22, 2018, alert, the Colorado legislature is considering legislation that, if enacted, would significantly change Colorado privacy and data security law....more
A bipartisan group of Colorado legislators proposed legislation that, if enacted, would significantly change the requirements for how Colorado entities protect, transfer, secure, and dispose of documents containing “personal...more
The Arizona State Legislature is considering proposed legislation that, if enacted, would significantly change the requirements for how Arizona entities respond to data breaches....more
The State of Washington's Attorney General filed a complaint against Uber Technologies, Inc., (Uber) this week related to the 2016 hack that exposed the personal data of 57 million riders and drivers. The suit is the first...more
In the span of just nine days, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued two rulings in class actions involving data breaches—one breach in 2013 at brokerage firm Scottrade and another in 2014 at grocery stores...more
9/5/2017
/ Article III ,
Breach of Contract ,
Brokerage Accounts ,
Class Action ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Data Breach ,
Federal Rule 12(b)(6) ,
Grocery Stores ,
Hackers ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Scottrade ,
Standing
There are several key takeaways from a 20-year proposed consent order agreed to by Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)...more
8/21/2017
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Cloud Storage ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Customer Privacy ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Sharing Economy ,
Uber
The Maryland General Assembly recently amended the Maryland Personal Information Protection Act to expand the definition of personal information, provide a 45-day timeframe for providing notice of a breach, allow for...more
The U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado recently dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit filed by financial institutions relating to a 2016 data breach that involved hundreds of Noodles & Company (Noodles)...more
7/27/2017
/ Banking Sector ,
Choice-of-Law ,
Class Action ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Data Breach ,
Economic Loss Doctrine ,
Financial Institutions ,
PCI-DSS Standard ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Restaurant Industry
The Colorado Division of Securities (Division) has published final cybersecurity rules applicable to broker-dealers and investment advisers. The Colorado Attorney General's office has 20 days to write an opinion on the rules,...more
New Mexico recently became the 48th state to enact a data breach notification law. This continues the accelerated pace of state data breach legislative activity in the last two years. Since 2015, at least 41 states have...more
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has remanded a $10 million settlement in the Target data breach class action on the grounds that the district court had not rigorously analyzed the propriety of the class...more
2/3/2017
/ Appeals ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Credit Cards ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Debit Cards ,
Hackers ,
Identity Theft ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Point of Sale Terminals ,
Popular ,
Settlement ,
Target
With tax season in full swing, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), state tax agencies, and tax industry groups recently renewed a warning about Form W-2 email spear-phishing scams.
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1/31/2017
/ Cyber Crimes ,
Email ,
Identity Theft ,
IRS ,
Payroll Records ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Phishing Scams ,
Social Security Numbers ,
Spoofing ,
Tax Fraud ,
W-2
The latest development in how American courts will handle the standing question for data breach class actions came last week when the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed for lack of standing a putative...more
8/17/2016
/ Article III ,
Blue Cross ,
Blue Shield ,
CareFirst ,
Class Action ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Hackers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Identity Theft ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Standing
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has signed into law two bills implementing enhanced protections and obligations for entities handling student personally identifiable information and increasing state resources dedicated to...more