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Art Raymond reports: Should consumers have the right to sue a company that allows their personal information to be stolen by data thieves? Under a proposal moving quietly through the 2021 Utah legislative session, the bar for filing such a lawsuit woul… Continue reading Will this Utah proposal quash lawsuits from victims of data breaches?
Attorney General William Tong testified last week before the General Law Committee in support of two pieces of legislation sought by the Office of the Attorney General to strengthen the state’s price gouging and data breach notification statutes…. Continue reading CT AG Tong Seeks Update To Data Breach Notifications
Lydia de la Torre and Raisa Dyadkina of Squire Patton Boggs write: The Lavarious Gardiner v. Walmart Inc. et al. case is anything but typical. As a re-cap, back in July 2020, plaintiff filed a class action complaint against Walmart alleging that Walmar… Continue reading Data Breach Litigation Without a Data Breach? Not So Fast Walmart Says…
Sara Merken reports: Hanna Andersson LLC and Salesforce.com Inc have reached a proposed agreement with plaintiffs to resolve class claims related to a 2019 data breach, according to a motion for preliminary approval of the settlement. The litigation, c… Continue reading Hanna Andersson, Salesforce ink deal to settle CCPA data breach class action
Joseph Lazzarotti and Maya Atrakchi of JacksonLewis write: Privacy and security continue to be at the forefront for legislatures across the nation, despite (or perhaps because of) the COVID-19 pandemic. In late May, with back-to-back amendments, Washi… Continue reading Michigan Considers Enhanced Data Breach Notification Law
Times Observer reports: The Senate Communications & Technology Committee approved a bill requiring timely public notification when a security breach compromises personal information, according to Senator Dan Laughlin, prime sponsor of the bill. Sen… Continue reading Pennsylvania bill requiring state agencies to notify individuals of breaches within seven day approved
Linn F. Freedman of Robinson & Cole writes: On July 20, 2020, the Connecticut Insurance Department issued a bulletin to licensees reminding them that the Connecticut Insurance Data Security Law (“Act”) becomes effective on October 1, 2020 and provi… Continue reading Connecticut Insurance Dept. Reminds Licensees to Comply with Data Security Law
Alexander Turner of Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC writes: In April 2019, with the introduction of House Bill 904, a bi-partisan effort was made to strengthen cyber security in North Carolina. H.B. 904 seeks to make North Carolina’s Identity T… Continue reading Proposed Amendment to the North Carolina Identity Theft Protection Act
Fox Rothschild’s Privacy and Data Security practice group maintains this searchable PDF document as well as the Data Breach 411 app to inform businesses of the breach notification statutes in each of the 50 states, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin… Continue reading FoxRothschild: U.S. States And Territories Data Breach Statutes (Updated)
From Hunton Andrews Kurth: On July 1, 2020, amendments to Vermont’s data breach notification law, signed into law earlier this year, will take effect along with Vermont’s new student privacy law. Security Breach Notice Act The amendments to Vermont’s S… Continue reading Vermont’s Amendments to Data Breach Law and New Student Privacy Law Effective July 1, 2020