McAfee Report Lists Health Care Sector as Most Targeted Industry for Cyber-Attacks -
In its cybersecurity incident report outlining vulnerabilities for the second quarter of 2017, security firm McAfee lists the health care...more
10/5/2017
/ Airspace ,
BSA/AML ,
Class Action ,
Corruption ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Department of the Interior ,
Drones ,
Fast-Food Industry ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Franchises ,
Hackers ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Home Depot ,
Malware ,
Money Laundering ,
Netflix ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI ,
Ransomware ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ,
Venezuela ,
White Collar Crimes
Trans Union, LLC, one of the largest credit reporting agencies in the United States has been hit with a verdict by a California jury for $60 million, which is the largest verdict under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to...more
In what is being considered the largest-ever settlement of alleged violations of Michigan’s privacy law (the Michigan Preservation of Personal Privacy Act), the publisher of Reader’s Digest has agreed to pay out $8.2 million...more
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), has released a risk management reporting framework intended to "establish a common, underlying language for Cybersecurity risk management reporting — almost akin to US GAAP or IFRS...more
6/9/2017
/ AICPA ,
Cell Phones ,
Class Action ,
CPAs ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Drones ,
HIPAA Breach ,
International Travel ,
Laptop Computers ,
Malware ,
Mobile Apps ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
TCPA ,
Terrorist Threats ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Gather, a free app designed to allow users to create event invitations and send them to their contacts has been hit with a proposed TCPA class action suit. The named plaintiff alleges that Gather tricks users into giving...more
When assisting clients with emergency data breach response, and preparing and implementing a data privacy and security plan, it often becomes efficient, cost effective and necessary to hire outside vendors to assist with...more
A group of Rite Aid customers sued Rite Aid in December of 2014 for alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act when it sent flu shot reminders to consumer’s cellphones without written consent....more
As we previously reported, Arby’s was hit with malware that infected over 1,000 of its fast food locations throughout the U.S. between October 25, 2016, and January 19, 2017, and was hit with multiple class action suits over...more
We have followed the Neiman Marcus case from the moment the data breach was announced. After winding through the judicial system, Neiman Marcus has agreed to settle, and the plaintiffs have requested that the Judge approve...more
We have previously discussed the class action case filed against Wendy’s as a result of a data breach. The case was initially dismissed based upon lack of standing, but the plaintiffs were given the opportunity to amend the...more
3/23/2017
/ Article III ,
Class Action ,
Data Breach ,
Fast-Food Industry ,
Hackers ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Malware ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Point of Sale Terminals ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Standing ,
Wendy's
Arby’s has announced that its point-of-sale system had been compromised by intruders over a four month period between October of 2016 and January of 2017, exposing the credit and debit card information of 355,000 customers....more
The developers of two NBA video games were successful this week in getting a putative class action alleging violations of the Illinois Biometrics law dismissed....more
2/6/2017
/ Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Class Action ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Dismissals ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
NBA ,
Personal Data ,
Sports ,
Video Games
A Time Warner customer filed a putative class action suit against it alleging that it violated the Cable Communications Privacy Act because it stored personal information of customers improperly. In particular, he alleged...more
The Indianapolis Colts mobile app is alleged by a putative class to record fans’ private conversations. In the putative class action, the named plaintiff alleges that the mobile app secretly activates the smart phone’s...more
1/30/2017
/ Cell Phones ,
Class Action ,
Data Collection ,
ECPA ,
Electronic Communications ,
Football ,
Forum ,
Mobile Apps ,
Mobile Devices ,
NFL ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Smartphones ,
Sports ,
Technology ,
Technology Sector ,
Telecommunications ,
Wireless Devices ,
Wireless Industry ,
Wireless Technology
A Tennessee federal judge has approved a proposed settlement of up to $1.9 million to be paid by Mapco Express to individuals affected by a payment card data breach that occurred in 2013.
Two banks alleged that Mapco...more
We previously reported that 21st Century Oncology suffered a data breach in October 2015 involving an intrusion into its systems which compromised around 2 million patients’ records, including their names, Social Security...more
10/13/2016
/ Class Action ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Hackers ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
A federal judge in Illinois dismissed the class action lawsuit filed against Barnes & Noble stemming from a data breach in 2013. The breach occurred when credit and debit card PIN pads were compromised at 63 Barnes & Noble...more
10/10/2016
/ Barnes and Noble ,
Books ,
Class Action ,
Data Breach ,
Debit and Credit Card Transactions ,
Dismissals ,
Federal Rule 12(b)(6) ,
Fraudulent Charges ,
Identity Theft ,
Point of Sale Terminals ,
Popular ,
Retail Market ,
Retailers
On Tuesday, September 20, 2016, a federal judge in California granted approval of the $68 million settlement between LifeLock and a class of plaintiffs that alleged it made false statements about the services it provides to...more
9/27/2016
/ Attorney's Fees ,
Class Action ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
False Advertising ,
False Statements ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Identity Theft ,
LifeLock ,
Mediation ,
Passwords ,
Settlement Agreements
We previously reported that Scottrade was hit with a class action case within 24 hours of notifying customers of a data breach. According to the Complaint, the data compromised included the names, addresses, telephone...more
Recently, a federal judge in Georgia ruled that the class action filed against Home Depot by the credit card companies could proceed. The judge stated that the card issuers’ allegations that Home Depot was negligent in its...more
We previously reported that Intermedix was sued in a class action lawsuit regarding the data breach involving millions of patient records....more
We previously reported that Shutterfly’s effort to dismiss the proposed biometrics class action case against it was unsuccessful.
The proposed class action suit alleged that Shutterfly violated the Illinois Biometric...more
We previously reported that 21st Century Oncology suffered a data breach affecting 2.2 million patients and has been sued in at least two class action lawsuits following notification to the patient....more
The Sony data breach in 2014 was one of the most significant breaches experienced and was a first on many fronts. It was alleged to have been caused by North Korean hackers (calling themselves Guardians of Peace) seeking to...more
Fiat Chrysler asked a federal court in Illinois last week to dismiss the proposed class action against it, asserting that inadequate security puts vehicles at risk for hacking after two security researchers were able to take...more