With so much attention being paid to the impending California Consumer Privacy Act, it can be easy to forget that other states have privacy and data security laws too. And those laws change routinely, with potentially significant impacts on businesses. …
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Senate Subcommittee Evaluates Expansion of the FTC’s Data and Privacy Authority
On November 27, 2018, the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security held a hearing titled “Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission,” which included testimony from Chairman Joseph Simons and Commissioners Rohit Chopra, Noah Phillips,…
Tagged with: breach, cyber security, cybersecurity, FTC, legislation, privacy, regulations
Posted in FTC, Legislation, Privacy, Regulations
Posted in FTC, Legislation, Privacy, Regulations
Anthem Agrees to Record Data Breach Settlement
In the wake of the largest U.S. health care data breach in history, Anthem, Inc., has agreed to pay $16 million to the Office for Civil Rights, which is a record settlement for alleged HIPAA violations. According to the Department…
Tagged with: breach, corrective action plan, cybersecurity, data security, ePHI, hacking, OCR
Posted in Cyberattack, Data Breach, Data Security, HIPAA, OCR
Posted in Cyberattack, Data Breach, Data Security, HIPAA, OCR
Financial Services Committee Rounds Out Equifax Hearings
The House Financial Services Committee this morning rounded out a full week of congressional hearings for former Equifax CEO Richard Smith. Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) reiterated his earlier calls for national standards for data security and breach notifications. Ranking Member…
Tagged with: breach, cyber security, cybersecurity, data breach, data security, legislation, privacy, regulations
Posted in Cyber crimes, Cyberattack, Data Breach, Data Security, Legislation, Privacy
Posted in Cyber crimes, Cyberattack, Data Breach, Data Security, Legislation, Privacy
Equifax Hearings – Round Three
Richard Smith, former Chairman and CEO of Equifax, faced his third congressional hearing in two days, appearing this afternoon before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Privacy, Technology, and the Law Subcommittee to discuss the recently revealed Equifax data breach and efforts…
Tagged with: breach, cyber security, cybersecurity, data breach, data security, hearings, legislation, privacy
Posted in Cyber crimes, Cyberattack, Data Breach, Data Security, Legislation, Privacy
Posted in Cyber crimes, Cyberattack, Data Breach, Data Security, Legislation, Privacy
House Holds Hearings on Equifax Breach
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Digital and Consumer Protection held the first in what will be a series of Congressional hearings on the recently revealed data breach at major credit agency Equifax. Former CEO of Equifax…
Tagged with: breach, cyber security, cybersecurity, data breach, data security, privacy, regulations
Posted in Cyberattack, Data Breach, Data Security, Legislation, Privacy, Regulations
Posted in Cyberattack, Data Breach, Data Security, Legislation, Privacy, Regulations
CareFirst Data Breach Appeal Holds Three Key Lessons for Cyberattack Litigants
A recent federal appellate decision suggests that it might be getting easier for cyberattack plaintiffs to establish standing in a manner sufficient to survive a motion to dismiss. According to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia…
Tagged with: breach, class action, cyber security, data breach, litigation, standing
Posted in Cyberattack, Data Breach, Litigation
Posted in Cyberattack, Data Breach, Litigation
Coca-Cola Dodges Privacy Class Action
Coca-Cola won big last month when it secured summary judgment in a privacy class action brought by a former bottling plant employee concerning compromised personal information. Hon. Joseph Leeson of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania found that Coca-Cola was not…
Tagged with: breach, class action, cyber security, cybersecurity, laptop, litigation, privacy
Posted in Data Breach, Data Security, Litigation, Privacy
Posted in Data Breach, Data Security, Litigation, Privacy
Fourth Circuit To Plaintiffs: “Could” Isn’t Enough For Standing
A split continued to develop in the federal courts last month as the Fourth Circuit denied Article III standing to the plaintiffs in a data breach case whose alleged injuries were limited to the increased risk of future identity theft…
Tagged with: breach, class action, cybersecurity, data breach, litigation, standing
Posted in Data Breach, Litigation
Posted in Data Breach, Litigation
Plaintiffs in Horizon Breach Win Key Article III Ruling at 3rd Circuit
Recently, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a United States District Court for the District of New Jersey dismissal of a class action filed in the aftermath of a data breach at Horizon Healthcare Services Inc., (“Horizon”). The appellate…
