AT&T was sued this week in the Northern District of California by customers alleging that AT&T sold their location data to data aggregators without their consent. The proposed class action suit was filed on behalf of all AT&T...more
We only have one unique face, two irises and ten fingerprints. We can’t change our biometrics like we can a credit card number. Yet many companies are collecting and using their employees’ and our biometric information for...more
Hotel chain Fillmore Hospitality, LLC is the latest target of a proposed class action complaint filed this week, alleging violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). We don’t usually discuss the...more
5/13/2019
/ Biometric Information ,
Class Action ,
Contract Management ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Dating Services ,
Drones ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Mobile Apps ,
Organ Donation ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Supply Chain ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ,
Vendors
Hotel chain Fillmore Hospitality, LLC is the latest target of a proposed class action complaint filed this week, alleging violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)....more
5/10/2019
/ Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Class Action ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fingerprints ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Statutory Damages ,
Timekeeping ,
Wage and Hour ,
Written Consent
The “Uber of weed” app developed by Eaze Solutions, Inc. (Eaze) provides information to users about the delivery of recreational and medical marijuana throughout California....more
4/8/2019
/ Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Class Action ,
Healthcare ,
Marijuana ,
Marijuana Related Businesses ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Mobile Apps ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Spam ,
TCPA ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages
Players of the popular Fortnite video game have filed a proposed class action suit against the video game’s owner, Epic Games Inc. (“Epic”) alleging that Epic failed to protect players’ accounts, allowing hackers access to...more
2/20/2019
/ Breach of Contract ,
Breach of Implied Contract ,
Class Action ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Data Breach ,
Digital Assets ,
Gaming ,
Hackers ,
Negligence ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Video Games
I was a speaker at a recent conference of municipalities in a state last week, and during my presentation, I mentioned the various cyber-attacks that have affected cities, towns and educational departments in the U.S....more
2/4/2019
/ Airports ,
Airspace ,
Article III ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Class Action ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Drones ,
Girl Scouts ,
Grocery Stores ,
Hackers ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Internet of Things ,
Mobile Devices ,
Ransomware ,
Robots ,
Standing ,
TCPA ,
Text Messages
Altaba Inc., the successor company of Yahoo Inc., recently noted in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that after its settlement of consumer and shareholder suits relating to Yahoo’s data breach that...more
9/21/2018
/ Attorney's Fees ,
Class Action ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Data Breach ,
Derivative Suit ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Hackers ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
Settlement ,
Shareholder Litigation ,
Successor Liability ,
Yahoo!
We reported last week that a spyware maker recently compromised users’ and victims’ sensitive information. Since that time, another spyware maker, mSpy, which holds itself out as having over a million users employing its...more
9/11/2018
/ Banking Sector ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Framework ,
Data Breach ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Hackers ,
Insurance Industry ,
Legislative Agendas ,
NYDFS ,
Pending Legislation ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Spyware ,
State and Local Government ,
Vulnerability Assessments ,
Yahoo!
We have been following litigation surrounding the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), and noting that many employers have been sued for using fingerprints for employees to clock into their jobs....more
8/31/2018
/ Airlines ,
Arbitration ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Class Action ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fingerprints ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Railway Labor Act ,
Southwest Airlines ,
Transportation Industry ,
Wage and Hour
Companies doing business in Illinois should consider getting up to speed on the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)....more
8/27/2018
/ Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Class Action ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fingerprints ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Prior Express Consent
CYBERSECURITY -
Cyber Fraud Cost $1.4 Billion in 201 -
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) recently released its yearly internet crime report, which states that over 300,000...more
5/22/2018
/ Class Action ,
Consumer Fraud ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Data Breach ,
Drones ,
Employment Litigation ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Indictments ,
Investment Fraud ,
Malware ,
Pre-approval ,
Right to Privacy ,
Startups ,
W-2
Lincare Holdings Inc. (Lincare), following mediation, recently entered into a settlement with its employees regarding a data breach that took place on February 3, 2017. ...more
5/21/2018
/ Breach of Duty ,
Breach of Implied Contract ,
Class Action ,
Data Breach ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Hackers ,
Mediation ,
Negligence ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Unfair Trade Practices Act ,
W-2
Unfortunately, it was another busy data breach week. Here’s a summary of the major ones.
Delta Airlines admitted in a statement that the payment card data of several hundred thousand customers may have been compromised by...more
4/16/2018
/ Airlines ,
Class Action ,
Customer Information ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Hackers ,
Lord & Taylor ,
Malware ,
Panera ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Retailers ,
Rewards Programs ,
Saks ,
Transportation Industry
Pipeline Companies Targeted by Cyber-Attacks -
Reports show that U.S. energy companies reported more than 350 cybersecurity incidents to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security between 2011 and 2015. Pipeline companies are...more
4/13/2018
/ Class Action ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Digital Currency ,
Drones ,
Energy Sector ,
Hackers ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Oil & Gas ,
Personal Data ,
Pipelines ,
Social Media ,
TCPA ,
Virtual Currency
Ever notice the flatscreen TVs and tablets in your doctor’s office that run different health related and wellness stories? Many of them are provided to the providers by Outcome Health, which installs free TVs and tablets in...more
We have previously reported on Facebook’s fight against a proposed class action case alleging violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)....more
3/19/2018
/ Article III ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Class Action ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Facebook ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Personal Data ,
Standing
Verizon's Protected Health Information Data Breach Report Concludes that Insiders Are Greatest Threat to Health Care Entities -
Verizon recently issued its Protected Health Information Data Breach Report, which is always...more
3/16/2018
/ American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) ,
Biometric Information ,
Class Action ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Drones ,
Facebook ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Hackers ,
Healthcare ,
Malware ,
Mobile Devices ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI ,
Smartphones ,
Telecommunications ,
TSA ,
Verizon
U.S. Estimates that Cyber Hacks Cost Up to $109 Billion in 20 -
The Council for Economic Advisors (CEA) issued a report this month, entitled “The Cost of Malicious Cyber Activity to the U.S. Economy,” which concludes that...more
2/26/2018
/ Banking Sector ,
Bitcoin ,
Class Action ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Currency ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Drones ,
Federal Agency Taskforce ,
Hackers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Malware ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
TCPA ,
Virtual Currency
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. notified its electronic medical record customers last week that a ransomware attack was behind the disruption of service for medical providers.
...more
2/7/2018
/ Article III ,
Class Action ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Drones ,
Educational Institutions ,
EPIC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hackers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Ransomware ,
Scams ,
Social Security Administration (SSA) ,
Standing ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
A new report issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF) called “Global Risks Report 2018,” lists the threat of cyber-warfare and cyber-attacks affecting the public as the world’s third greatest threat in 2018, only behind...more
1/26/2018
/ Android ,
Blockchain ,
Class Action ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Digital Currency ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Drones ,
Farms ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Google ,
Identity Theft ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Smartphones ,
Tax Fraud ,
Technology Sector ,
Tracking Systems ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Hyatt Corp. was hit with a class action suit this week for allegedly violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by collecting and storing employees’ fingerprints. This is the latest in a string of suits...more
11/6/2017
/ Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Class Action ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fingerprints ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Hotels ,
Hyatt ,
Personally Identifiable Information
US-CERT Warns of New Ransomware: Bad Rabbit -
The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) is warning companies in the U.S. about a new ransomware dubbed “Bad Rabbit.” US-CERT stated it has received multiple...more
11/3/2017
/ Airspace ,
Biometric Information ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ,
Class Action ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Drones ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
Fingerprints ,
Hackers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Hilton ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Hotels ,
Hyatt ,
Information Technology ,
Internet of Things ,
LG Electronics ,
Malware ,
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization (MACRA) ,
MIPS ,
NASA ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Management ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ,
US-CERT
Alliance Ground International is the latest company to be sued for allegedly violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) for collecting and storing its employees’ fingerprints without their consent....more
10/23/2017
/ Airlines ,
Aviation Industry ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Class Action ,
Damages ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fingerprints ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Transporation Authories
Following its data breach in 2014, Home Depot was sued by thousands of financial institutions requesting recovery of costs associated with the issuance of new credit and debit cards to 50 million individuals affected by the...more