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There’s an update to Foley & Lardner’s resource on U.S. state data breach notification laws. They explain what their resource applies and what it doesn’t apply to: While most state data breach notification statutes contain similar… Continue reading Resource: U.S. State Data Breach Notification Laws
Vivienne Serret reports: Hackers broke into the computer network of the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice in Tallahassee, which runs the state’s juvenile detention centers and programs to steer troubled kids away from crime. It led to a cont… Continue reading Florida Department of Juvenile Justice computer network hacked
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On March 19, 2024, Utah’s Governor Spencer J. Cox signed Senate Bill (SB) 98 (the “Bill”), Online Data Security and Privacy Amendments, into law. The Bill amends the Protection of Personal Information Act (§13-44-101 et seq… Continue reading Utah Enacts Amendments to State Breach Notification Law
Josh Hansen and Alfred Saikali of Shook, Hardy & Bacon write: The Florida legislature passed a bill that provides immunity to companies that suffer a data breach. The immunity is conditioned on the company: (1) complying with the notice requirement… Continue reading Florida Legislature Passes Data Breach Immunity Legislation
Attorney General Todd Rokita is filing a lawsuit on behalf of the people of Indiana against Apria Healthcare LLC for a massive data breach that impacted at least 42,000 Hoosiers and 1.8 million people nationwide. Apria is a provider of home healthcare … Continue reading Indiana Attorney General Files Suit Against Apria Healthcare
A coalition of state attorneys general have sent a letter to Meta asking them to do more to help users whose accounts have been hacked or taken over. The letter to Meta’s Chief Legal Officer begins: Dear Ms. Newstead: We, the undersigned attorn… Continue reading 41 State Attorneys General tell Meta to do better in preventing and mitigating account takeovers
Suzanne Smalley reports: Over the course of the last week, 118 class action lawsuits were filed against data brokers who allegedly failed to respond to requests from about 20,000 New Jersey law enforcement personnel asking to remove their personal info… Continue reading New Jersey law enforcement officers sue 118 data brokers for not removing personal info
Imagine having a law on your side that actually helps you in the event your bank account is hacked or your funds are stolen by scammers, but the bank never tells you that you are protected by that law, and worse, does not comply with it. According to N… Continue reading Attorney General James Sues Citibank for Failing to Protect and Reimburse Victims of Electronic Fraud
January 12, 2024 New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris today announced that Genesis Global Trading, Inc. (“Genesis Global Trading”) will pay an $8 million penalty to New York State for compliance failur… Continue reading NYS announces $8 Million Penalty Against Genesis Global Trading, Inc. After DFS Investigation Finds Significant Failings in Anti-Money Laundering and Cybersecurity Programs
The law firm of BakerHostetler has recently released several free resources of note: EU GDPR Data Breach Notification Interactive Map State Data Breach Notification Law Interactive Map PDF Version of State Data Breach Notification Laws They have also r… Continue reading Resources: Breach notification laws: US and GDPR