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Class Action Cybersecurity Private Right of Action

A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
Jackson Lewis P.C.

We get Privacy for work — Episode 8: The Surge in Data Breach Lawsuits: Trends and Tactics

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Class action lawsuits in response to data breaches have skyrocketed as plaintiffs look to take advantage of courts’ perceived leniency regarding standing. ...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

[Podcast] 2020 CCPA Litigation Report – Analyzing the First Year of Litigation

In this episode, Akin Gump cybersecurity, privacy and data protection practice co-heads Natasha Kohne and Michelle Reed, and counsel Molly Whitman discuss the firm’s new 2020 CCPA Litigation Annual Report and its...more

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

Dismissal Of Marriott Data Breach Lawsuit Shows How Plaintiffs Still Face Standing Hurdles In The Post-CCPA Era

After the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) took effect on January 1, 2020, a surge of class action lawsuits predicated on alleged CCPA violations hit businesses.  Because of the act’s novelty, it was unclear whether...more

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

Class Action Suits Attempt To Stretch Consumers’ Ability To Sue For CCPA Violations

The CCPA’s Private Right Of Action - The CCPA gives consumers several new “Privacy Rights”—such as the right to know how their personal information is collected, used and shared, the right to request deletion of their...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

California Privacy Law Update—CCPA Enforcement Begins July 1, 2020

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As previously announced, the California Attorney General’s Office (“Cal AG”) will begin enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), which came into effect on January 1, 2020, on July 1st. The Cal AG has...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Litigation Case Claims Violation of CCPA Under Statutory Private Right of Action

One of the most significant consumer rights offered by the new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is what we call the “private right of action” afforded by the law. A private right of action under a law basically means...more

Quinn Emanuel

February 2020: Class Action Litigation Update

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Consumer Privacy Rights of Action in California: What Businesses Can Do to Prepare - Cybersecurity incidents are a question of “when,” not “if,” for any business that collects and stores large amounts of sensitive consumer...more

Hogan Lovells

Data class actions in Europe and spotlights in Mexico, Russia and the U.S.

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The General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) provides means to enforce provisions related to personal data processing by you as a data controller or data processor. It introduces collective actions everywhere in...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

[Webinar] Reasonable Security – Proactive Defense Against CCPA’s Private Right Of Action - November 19th, 11:30 am ET

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With the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) effective date of January 1, 2020, fast approaching, businesses subject to California’s new privacy law must come into compliance with a number of new obligations. That burden...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Five Steps to Mitigate CCPA Class Action Risk: What Companies Need to Do to Increase Data Security

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While many companies and service providers are spending significant time and budget on the privacy-related requirements of the forthcoming California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the largest exposure for companies not selling...more

Stoel Rives LLP

CCPA Bill Expanding Class Actions Fails but The Persistence of Chaos Succeeds

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Class action lawsuits hurt businesses in at least three ways: they harm reputation, disrupt continuity, and are expensive to defend. In a privacy and cybersecurity context, even when dismissed at an early stage – when it is...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

The California Consumer Privacy Act - What to Know—and What to Do

Didn’t I Already Do This for GDPR? If you already have a compliance program for the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a lot of this may sound familiar. While the CCPA borrows a number of GDPR concepts and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - September 2018

In this month's Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine recent trends and court decisions, including a new law in Ohio that provides a safe harbor from tort-based data breach claims if the company adopts certain security...more

K&L Gates LLP

OnRisk: Biometric Insurance

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Issues of digital privacy are multi-faceted and extend far beyond the now-routine data breaches that make headlines. The digital collection, use, and storage of biometric information (fingerprints, retinal or iris scans,...more

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