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About Gavin Reinke

Gavin Reinke is a senior associate with Alston & Bird’s Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy team and focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation and class actions. His experience includes representing businesses in privacy-related class actions, products liability litigation, financial services litigation and complex construction defect litigation.

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Georgia Supreme Court Clarifies There Is No Duty to Safeguard Personal Information from a Data Breach

May 21, 2019 By Gavin Reinke

The Georgia Supreme Court recently issued a decision holding that there is no duty to safeguard personal information from a data breach under Georgia law.  Georgia Department of Labor v. McConnell involved the accidental disclosure of a spreadsheet that contained the name, social security number, home telephone number, email address, and age of thousands of […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Security, Privacy Litigation, Security Breach Tagged With: Class Action, cybersecurity, Identity Theft, Litigation, US State Law

The Supreme Court Signals Further Review of Article III Standing

March 22, 2019 By Gavin Reinke and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

The Supreme Court recently issued an opinion concerning the requirements for Article III standing for statutory violations under the Stored Communications Act (SCA).  In Frank v. Gaos, the Supreme Court in a per curiam decision remanded a class action settlement because there remained a standing issue in light of Spokeo v. Robins.  While the Supreme […]

Filed Under: Online Privacy, Privacy

FTC Publishes Report Regarding Privacy Workshop

November 9, 2018 By Gavin Reinke

In October 2018, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published a report that summarized discussions at a December 2017 workshop discussing the potential impact to consumers of privacy and security incidents. The purpose of the workshop was to explore whether government intervention in this arena is warranted under the enforcement authority granted to the FTC under […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Protection, Data Security, Enforcement, Privacy, Privacy Litigation Tagged With: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement

Georgia Court of Appeals Reaffirms Lack of Duty to Safeguard Personal Information

May 17, 2018 By Gavin Reinke

The Georgia Court of Appeals recently reaffirmed its prior conclusion that there is no duty to safeguard personal information under Georgia law.  In McConnell v. Ga. Dep’t of Labor, — S.E.2d —-, 2018 WL 2173252 (Ga. App. May 11, 2018), the Court of Appeals addressed whether a plaintiff whose social security number and other personal […]

Filed Under: Data Breach, Data Protection, Data Security, Privacy Litigation, Security Breach Tagged With: cybersecurity, Litigation, US State Law

Lenovo Wins Second Motion to Dismiss in Adware Class Action

February 2, 2018 By Gavin Reinke

By Jay Repko A California district court recently dismissed—for the second time—consumer claims that technology giant Lenovo Inc. violated New York’s Deceptive Acts and Practices Statute by selling laptops with preinstalled VisualDiscovery software that allegedly invades users’ privacy and exposes users to security breaches.  In reaching this decision, Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. concluded that […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Security, Online Privacy, Privacy, Privacy Litigation Tagged With: Class Action, cybersecurity, Litigation, US State Law

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