Privacy
09.02.21
08.09.21
Fintech services provider Plaid Inc. reaches settlement in...
Fintech services provider Plaid Inc. (“Plaid”) accepted a proposed settlement agreement to resolve a number of class-action lawsuits claiming that the company illegally collected and distributed users’ financial data without prior consent.
Category Privacy
08.09.21
Web scraping battle tests the boundaries of CFAA
Another web scraping battle tests the boundaries of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”)
Category Privacy
08.05.21
What to know about Wawa’s data breach settlement
Wawa has agreed to distribute $12 million worth of gift cards and cash as part of a data breach settlement.
Category Privacy
08.04.21
Senate Homeland Security Committee issues reporting finding...
The US Senate Homeland Security Committee issued, on Tuesday, a report finding that federal agencies have failed to implement basic defenses to protect against cyberattacks.
Category Privacy
08.02.21
Rhode Island sues Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica data...
The Rhode Island retirement system is suing Facebook, and others personally, including Facebook co-founder, Mark Zuckerberg, alleging breaches of fiduciary duty in connection with Facebook’s collection of users’ private information that was obtained by Cambridge Analytica and misused for political purposes.
Category Privacy
07.30.21
Amazon discloses a record fine over EU privacy violations
The Luxembourg National Commission for Data Protection ordered Amazon to pay €746MM ($887MM) as a result of claims against Amazon Europe Core Sarl. The size of the fine suggests EU regulators are moving beyond their self-imposed grace period of ramping up GDPR compliance requirements.
Category Privacy
07.26.21
Jail time in Baltimore for biometric privacy violations
An ordinance is currently on the desk and awaiting signature from Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, which will go into effect 30 days after signing and provide a blanket ban for the use of facial recognition technology within city limits.
Category Privacy
07.20.21
More than decade-long snooping of patient records finally...
The Aultman Health Foundation (Aultman), an Ohio-based health system with more than 7,000 employees, announced that the patient records of more than 7,000 patients may have been accessed by an employee without authorization for whom such access was outside their job duties.
Category Privacy