State regulators across the country continue to increase their focus on cyber security and data privacy compliance and enforcement. For years, cloud company Blackbaud, a service provider to thousands of nonprofit enterprises,...more
12/8/2023
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Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Settlement
The final countdown has begun to July 1, when Colorado’s Data Privacy Act (the “CPA”) takes effect. The CPA joins a fast-growing number of state comprehensive privacy statutes. We have previously written on the laws from...more
As we previously reported, Capital One Financial Corporation announced in July 2019 a major data security breach when an individual gained unauthorized access to personal information about Capital One credit card customers. ...more
8/14/2020
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Cyber Attacks ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Fines ,
Hackers ,
OCC ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Settlement Agreements
Earlier this month, YouTube and its parent company, Google, entered into a record $170 million proposed settlement to resolve allegations brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the New York Attorney General (NYAG)...more
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”) made headlines when several hacks of confidential data came to light in 2015, intrusions that compromised the personal data of over 20 million individuals. On July 21, 2019, in...more
7/16/2019
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Corporate Counsel ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Hackers ,
Identity Theft ,
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Standing
An obscure federal law called the SAFETY Act recently captured national headlines when MGM Resorts International invoked it in a series of pre-emptive, declaratory judgment law suits against the victims of the 2017 Route 91...more
California’s landmark digital privacy law – enacted less than two weeks ago – is the most sweeping consumer data protection law in the United States. The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, or CCPA, will apply to more...more
7/12/2018
/ Biometric Information ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
New Legislation ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Private Right of Action ,
State and Local Government
Six months after a massive data breach at credit reporting company Equifax, Inc. handed hackers the personal information of nearly 150 million Americans, the fallout continues. Equifax first disclosed in September that...more
With new developments regarding Uber Technologies Inc.’s 2016 data breach coming out almost daily, lawsuits against the company continue to pile-up. We previously reported that within days of Uber disclosing the data theft...more
12/5/2017
/ Breach of Contract ,
Class Action ,
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) ,
Consumer Fraud ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Data Breach ,
Hackers ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
Negligence ,
Pending Litigation ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Ridesharing ,
Sharing Economy ,
Uber ,
Unjust Enrichment