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FBI Publishes its 2017 Internet Crime Report

June 20, 2018 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

The FBI recently published its 2017 Internet Crime Report highlighting trends and statistics compiled by the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (“IC3”) during 2017. The report compiles data from a total of 301,580 complaints which reported losses of over $1.4 billion. In addition to an explanation of the IC3’s history and operations, the report includes […]

Filed Under: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Digital Crimes Tagged With: cybersecurity, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), ransomware

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

NIST Releases Updated Cyber Framework V1.1

December 6, 2017 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On December 5, 2017, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a revised draft of its proposed updates to its Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity. The revised draft includes a new section on communicating with stakeholders about cybersescurity requirements, addresses stakeholder concerns regarding cybersecurity supply chain risk management and measuring cybersecurity risks […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybersecurity Tagged With: cybersecurity, National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)

Eighth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Scottrade Data Breach Suit

August 25, 2017 By Gavin Reinke

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently affirmed the district court’s dismissal of a putative class action brought by customers of the brokerage firm Scottrade in the wake of an alleged data breach impacting Scottrade in 2013.  The named plaintiffs had asserted several contract-based claims against Scottrade, alleging that Scottrade had […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Protection, Data Security, Privacy Litigation, Security Breach Tagged With: cybersecurity, Litigation

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