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McCarter & English, LLP

Don’t Get Caught in Scattered Spider’s Web

The cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider is at it again, according to Google’s Threat Intelligence Group. This criminal group is known to focus its cyber attacks on one sector at a time. Last spring, it was the retail...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

La Cour d’appel de la Colombie-Britannique confirme l’octroi de dommages-intérêts pour atteinte à la vie privée sans preuve de...

Le 23 avril 2025, dans l’affaire Insurance Corporation of British Columbia v. Ari (décision disponible uniquement en anglais), la Cour d’appel de la Colombie-Britannique (la « CACB ») a confirmé une décision de première...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Show Me the Money: B.C. Court of Appeal Affirms Privacy Breach Damages Without Proof of Consequential Loss

On April 23, 2025, in Insurance Corporation of British Columbia v. Ari, the British Columbia Court of Appeal affirmed a class action judgment awarding aggregate damages of C$15,000 per class member without proof of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Auto Insurer Settles With New York AG Over Insurance Application Platform Security Issues

The New York Attorney General recently entered into an assurance of discontinuance with Root Insurance Company following a 2021 data incident. According to the AG, the threat actors obtained people’s drivers’ license numbers...more

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NY Settles With Insurer on Data Breach Rooted in Security Deficiencies

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New York AG Letitia James settled with Root Insurance Company to resolve allegations that the company’s data security deficiencies led to a 2021 data breach involving 72,000 people, in violation of state consumer protection...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

New York attorney general files complaint over insurance data breaches

On March 1, New York State Attorney General Letitia James filed a complaint in the Supreme Court of the State of New York against a group of insurance companies and a parent corporation. The complaint alleged these companies...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CPPA Opens Public Comment Period for Proposed AI Regulations

The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) announced the formal public comment period for its latest proposed rulemaking package, which includes updates to existing regulations and introduces new guidelines for automated...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Preparing for Enhanced POPIA Enforcement in South Africa

Recent statements by South Africa’s Information Regulator (“IR”) indicate an impending crackdown on data privacy compliance, specifically within the banking and insurance sectors. The IR has announced its intention to enforce...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Exclusion for Disclosure of “Confidential or Personal Information” Bars Coverage for BIPA Claim Involving Collection and...

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, applying Illinois law, has held that an exclusion for claims arising out of any access to or disclosure of any person’s “confidential or personal information” bars...more

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FTC Makes Statement on Connected Vehicle Data as Major Automaker Faces Class Action for Data Sharing Practices

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Connected cars have been on the FTC’s radar for years. Its most recent blog post specifically highlights the Commission’s concerns regarding over collecting-- and the risk of secondary uses-- of sensitive data, such as...more

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A Surge in Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA) Claims Poses Threat to Employers

The Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act (“GIPA”) was enacted in 1998, and although minimal litigation followed in the years following its enaction, we are now seeing a significant surge in litigation similar to that...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

"An Ounce of Prevention"...How to Reduce the Risk of Litigation and Enforcement Proceedings

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To paraphrase what Ben Franklin may have been alluding to nearly 300 years ago in his famous quote, often the best approach when it comes to reducing the risk of litigation and government enforcement proceedings is to take...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

NAIC Tackles Insurance Industry Privacy Modernization

On February 1, 2023, the NAIC Privacy Protections Working Group (PPWG) released a draft of Model Law 674 Insurance Consumer Privacy Protection Model Law (Model 674 or Model). Proposed Model 674 is intended to replace Model...more

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March Madness Begins: NAIC’s New Draft Privacy Model

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The first round on the Insurance Consumer Privacy Protection Model Law (#674) started on March 21 as the NAIC’s Privacy Protections Working Group (PPWG) held its first open meeting to discuss the draft privacy model. The...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

NAIC proposes new California-style privacy model law for insurance

On Wednesday February 1, 2023, the NAIC Privacy Protections Working Group (the Working Group) released a draft of a new model law for comment, the Insurance Consumer Privacy Protection Model Law (#674) (the Proposal), which...more

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Cybersecurity Insurance: Circuit Courts Weigh in on Insurers’ Liability for an Insured’s Losses Stemming from a Data Breach

When a cybersecurity-related incident occurs, an insured should not automatically assume a standard commercial general liability (CGL) policy issued by an insurer will cover their losses, as CGL policies generally afford...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Insurance Update - October 2022

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Kidnapping, treasure hunts, insurgents shooting down airplanes — sounds like the Fall TV lineup. But no, it’s our October Insurance Update. And in honor of the month’s most treasured sporting event, the Fall Classic, we...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Insurance Update - October 2021

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Here’s our October Insurance Update. The Sixth Circuit had insurance on its mind this past month. Three of the decisions we discuss in our update are from that court. First, the Sixth Circuit joins the Eighth and...more

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Insurance Update - August 2021

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Here is what you will find in our August Insurance Update: •Pollution Exclusion Bars Coverage for Criminal Proceeding Over Submission of Fraudulent Coal-Dust Samples, Sixth Circuit Affirms- •Fifth Circuit Finds Insurer...more

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Class Action & MDL Roundup – Winter 2021

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Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! Our winter edition covers notable class actions from the fourth quarter of 2020. In this edition, we find a common theme among COVID-19 class actions, the Tampa 2 defends...more

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Reading the Fine Print: What Insurance Companies Need to Know About the CCPA

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The purpose of this article is to provide background information on the California Consumer Privacy Act and specifically the exemptions that generally will be applicable to the insurance industry. While developing a...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

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