On January 23, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in a class action suit against Neiman Marcus Group LLC over the alleged 2013 hack that compromised the credit card numbers of 350,000 shoppers.
The suit was one of multiple proposed class actions filed after hackers infiltrated Neiman Marcus’ payment security system with
On January 15, 2015, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that he would be proposing legislation to overhaul New York’s data security law and require new and unprecedented safeguards for personal data of consumers. While the proposal has yet to be released, the Attorney General’s press release indicates that the proposal will include a
On December 10, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum proposed more rigorous requirements for companies to disclose data breaches that expose consumers’ personal information. Testifying before the Oregon joint Senate and House Judiciary Committee, Rosenblum called on the Oregon legislature to update the state’s data breach law and to extend data breach enforcement and notification to
On January 7, online retailer Zappos.com Inc. reached a long-awaited settlement with nine states over a 2012 data breach that compromised personal and financial information of nearly 24 million of the company’s customers. Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane said in a published statement that a hacker was able to access sensitive data pertaining to millions
On January 15-16, 2015, the American Conference Institute (ACI) will host the 15th installment of the acclaimed Global Legal & Compliance Forum on Cyber Security & Data Privacy and Protection at the Washington Plaza Hotel in Washington, D.C. This is a premier event for privacy officers, in-house counsel, senior executives, and outside attorneys specializing
On December 11, 2014, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed a proposed class action over a June 2014 data breach at P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, finding that no actual harm had been alleged. The court tossed a pair of consolidated complaints claiming that the restaurant chain failed to properly safeguard
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley recently entered into a Consent Judgment with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc., related to a data breach that affected nearly 4,000 patients and employees.
“The healthcare industry’s increased reliance on technology makes it more important than ever that providers ensure patients’ personal information and protected health information is secure,”
On November 7, the Rosen Law Firm, P.A. announced that it had filed a class action lawsuit against national chain Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches relating to a security breach involving customers’ credit and debit cards earlier this year. The lawsuit alleges that the company’s grossly inadequate information systems and network security oversight led to an
On November 5-6, the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) will host a Practical Privacy Series in New York. According to IAPP, the Series will offer laser-focused education in the hot areas of data privacy that gets straight to the point, giving attendees the knowledge they need right now.
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For the second time in recent weeks, a federal official has issued a warning regarding potential security weaknesses with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s consumer data-mining program. In an October 30 report, United States Inspector General Mark Bialek warned CFPB Director Richard Cordray that the IG office had “identified information security as a major management