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Tea Dating App Breach Reveals Major Data Privacy Gaps in Rapidly Growing Platforms

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In July 2025, a 4chan user posted a simple Python script. Within hours, thousands of women’s driver’s licenses, selfies, and intimate conversations were spreading across the dark corners of the internet. The source? An app...more

Proskauer on Privacy

Standing to Sue: Is Theft of Drivers’ License Numbers Sufficient to Allege Imminent Threat of Future Harm?

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Judge Jeffrey White of the Northern District of California recently dismissed a putative class action lawsuit in which plaintiffs claimed they faced an imminent threat of future of harm in the form of identity theft and fraud...more

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DSIR Deeper Dive: Class Certification Jurisprudence

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Over the years, there have been very few class certification rulings in actions arising from data breach incidents. Of those that have been published, most have favored the defense....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Multiple Lawsuits filed Against Marriott After Data Breach – “One of the Largest Digital Infestations in History”

Calling the Marriott data breach “one of the largest digital infestations in history,” a putative class action was filed in Oregon this week seeking up to $12.5 billion dollars in relief. ...more

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Also In the News - Data, Privacy, & Security Practice Report - May 2016 #3

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EU Skepticism About The Privacy Shield—On May 30, 2016, European Data Protection Supervisor Giovanni Buttarelli, in his capacity as an independent advisor to the EU legislator, issued a statement that “the Privacy Shield as...more

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