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Another Court Dismisses Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit for Lack of Standing

March 12, 2021 By Donald Houser, Shifali Baliga and Noelle Reyes

In what appears to be a growing trend, another federal district court has dismissed a data breach case for lack of standing. In Springmeyer et al. v. Marriott International, Inc., 2021 WL 809894 (D. Md.), Plaintiffs, former guests of Marriott hotels, sued Marriott in connection with a data breach affecting over 5 million guests. Marriott moved […]

Filed Under: Data Breach, Data Breach Litigation Tagged With: Identity Theft

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

Illinois Makes Extensive Changes to Data Breach Notification Law

May 18, 2016 By Privacy & Data Security Team

  On May 6, 2016, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed HB1260, which significantly updates the state’s Personal Information Protection Act. The changes take effect on January 1, 2017. When the new law becomes effective, Illinois’ data breach notification statute will include one of the broader definitions of the information which, if breached, will trigger notification […]

Filed Under: Data Breach, Legislation, Security Breach Tagged With: Data Breach Notification, Identity Theft, US State Law

Tennessee Updates Data Breach Statute

March 28, 2016 By Privacy & Data Security Team

On March 24, 2016, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam signed SB 2005 into law. The bill makes three principal updates to Tennessee’s data breach statute. First, the statute will now require organizations that have experienced a data breach to notify individuals within 45 days from the discovery or notification of the breach, unless a longer period of time […]

Filed Under: Data Breach, Legislation, Security Breach Tagged With: Identity Theft, US State Law

FTC Updates IdentityTheft.gov Website

January 30, 2016 By Privacy & Data Security Team

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced updates to the IdentityTheft.gov website aimed at making the site more useful to victims of identity theft. The changes will enable consumers to quickly file complaints and develop a personalized recovery plan after answering a number of questions on the site. “Our hope is that this is going […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Enforcement, Online Privacy, Regulation Tagged With: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Identity Theft, Regulatory Enforcement, The White House

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