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FAQs for Schools and Persons Affected By the PowerSchool Data Breach

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A massive data breach hit one of the country’s largest education software providers. According to EducationWeek, PowerSchool provides school software products to more than 16,000 customers, largely K-12 schools, that serve 50...more

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Amendments Expand Pennsylvania’s Data Breach Notification Law

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Businesses suffering a data breach affecting Pennsylvania residents may have new compliance obligations pursuant to a recent amendment to the Commonwealth's data breach notification law. Earlier this year, Pennsylvania...more

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Pennsylvania Makes Significant Changes to Its Data Breach Notification Law

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On June 28, 2024, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed an amendment to Pennsylvania’s Breach of Personal Information Notification Act into law. The amended law, which includes significant changes to the Keystone State’s...more

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[Webinar] Information Governance and Cyber Security Breach Review: Best Practices - August 10th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT

The best practice approach to effectively handling a data security incident starts with a proactive response plan. But when the inevitable occurs, will your plan stand up to the test? Join our panel of experts as they discuss...more

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Data Breach: No Injury-in-Fact, Case Dismissed

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It well known that there are, unfortunately, many data breaches that frequently put private citizens’ data privacy in jeopardy. States have passed a variety of statutes aimed at addressing this problem in an attempt to...more

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D.C. Amends Data Breach Notification Law, Adds Security Requirements

At the end of March, Washington, D.C. signed the Security Breach Protection Amendment Act of 2019, which adds some significant changes to D.C.’s existing data breach law, first enacted in 2007. The law is projected to take...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 20, Number 5. Privacy Briefs: May 2020

Report on Patient Privacy 20, no 5. (May 2020) -  Ambry Genetics, based in Aliso Viejo, California, has reported a data breach involving nearly 233,000 people. In its statement, the company said it identified “unauthorized...more

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Data Breach Litigation Preparation: What types of services should the organization offer to consumers affected by a breach?

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As of January 1, 2020, California will become the first state to permit residents whose personal information is exposed in a data breach to seek statutory damages between $100-$750 per incident, even in the absence of any...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Banner Health Settles Data Breach Class Action Litigation for $6 Million

Arizona-based Banner Health has agreed to settle for up to $6 million a class action case filed against it following a 2016 incident that compromised the personal information of 3 million individuals....more

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Countdown to the CCPA: Does cyber insurance cover a data breach?

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When the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) takes effect in January 2020, California will become the first state to permit residents whose personal information is exposed in a data breach to seek statutory damages of...more

White and Williams LLP

Delaware Signs Insurance Data Security Act into Law

On July 31, 2019, Governor Carney signed the Delaware Insurance Data Security Act (formerly, HB 174) into law. Based on the National Association Of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Insurance Data Security Model Law, the...more

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But Wait, There’s Less – Equifax Settlement Update

We know we told you yesterday about the Equifax settlement and how you could make a claim in connection with the breach. Well, consumers whose personal information was compromised in Equifax’s massive 2017 data breach are in...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #201 – Capital One Suffers Massive Data Breach

Many readers have reached out to learn about the Capital One data breach and how it affects us. If you haven’t been watching the story unfold as closely as I have, here is a summary of what happened, what information was...more

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Equifax Reaches Historic $575 Million Settlement Agreement Arising from 2017 Data Breach

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Equifax has agreed to pay $575 million to settle consumer as well as state and federal regulatory claims for its 2017 data breach. This is the largest data breach settlement to date. ...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - June 2019 #4

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Security researchers have warned municipalities repeatedly about how they are being targeted with ransomware, that they are at high risk, and the need to make data security a high priority. Please see full Publication blow...more

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Changes to Massachusetts Law on Security Breaches

On April 11, 2019, significant revisions to Massachusetts’ data breach law – Chapter 93H – take effect. The revised statute requires more detailed notifications to both the Commonwealth and affected consumers, and mandates...more

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US State Breach Law Modifications Begin in 2019 with Massachusetts

Massachusetts’ breach notice law has been amended, requiring companies who suffer a data breach to provide more information to the Attorney General about the incident. The law will go into effect in a month, on April 11,...more

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Massachusetts to Require Credit Monitoring for Certain Data Breaches

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As of April 11, 2019, Massachusetts will require organizations suffering a data breach that involves a resident’s social security number to provide credit monitoring services (CM Services) at no cost to the resident. If the...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report, January 2019

New Data Breach Law Requires Free Credit Monitoring for Massachusetts Consumers - Recent amendments to the Massachusetts data security breach law will require any person – including, in relevant part, any bank or any bank...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Massachusetts Changes Data Breach Notification Requirements

The Governor of Massachusetts has just signed into law amendments to the state’s data breach notification law. The amendments will go into effect April 11, 2019. Under the amended law, companies whose breaches involve Social...more

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The Freeze Is On: Employers Must Immediately Update Background Check Forms

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There is a little-known provision from a new federal law that will most likely impact your hiring practices and your standard hiring documents—and it kicked in last Friday. As of September 21, all employers must update their...more

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New Law Allows Consumers Concerned about Identity Theft to Place Free Credit Freezes and Fraud Alerts

The Federal Trade Commission has announced that, beginning today, consumers concerned about identity theft or data breaches can place credit freezes and one year fraud alerts with the three nationwide credit bureaus for free....more

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Credit Monitoring Services

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Organizations are not generally required to offer services to consumers whose information was involved in a breach. Nonetheless, many organizations choose to offer credit reports (i.e., a list of the open credit accounts...more

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Data Breaches Prove Costly for Major Businesses

In an age where data is widely available and almost everything is stored online, data breaches are becoming more common, and the outcomes of cases involving data breaches are unpredictable. Data involved in a breach can range...more

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Tougher Privacy and Data Security Protections Coming to North Carolina

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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

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