Two heads are better than one. Evan Francen noticed a breach report on the New Hampshire Attorney General’s site that I apparently missed back in July. A laptop containing confidential and personal information of clients of attorney George R. LaRocque, Jr. was stolen during a home invasion. Read more about the incident with Evan’s commentary…
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Hannaford Litigation Ruling Finds Plaintiffs Cannot Prove Damages
Andy Serwin of Foley & Lardner comments: Harm in the privacy litigation context is a difficult concept for plaintiffs to prove. There have been a number of cases that have ruled that plaintiffs cannot meet their burden and prove damages sufficient to state a claim. Courts have consistently ruled that plaintiffs cannot easily meet their burden…
Maine Supreme Court: Hannaford breach victims cannot sue for time and effort
Following what appears to be a pretty well-established pattern by now, Maine’s Supreme Court has dealt victims of the Hannaford Bros. breach what will likely be the final blow, telling them that they cannot sue unless they have suffered unreimbursed financial losses, physical harm or identity theft. In their opinion, they state: We, therefore, are…
NV AG: Man Arrested For Skimming Credit Cards
Yet another traffic stop that leads to the discovery of an ID theft ring: A Las Vegas man is facing federal charges after being arrested Sunday in connection with the creation and use of counterfeit credit and debit cards from information stolen from gas pumps, announced Daniel Bogden, U.S. Attorney General for Nevada. Zalalem Berhe,…
Julie’s Place hack: an all-too-familiar story by now
This breach was first reported earlier this month, but I seem to have missed it: About 100 people found out over the last couple weeks that someone else had accessed their bank account, taking their money and leaving them stunned. […] After being flooded with reports of fraud, the Leon County Sheriff’s Office began to…
Suspended Bangalore techie allegedly stole company data (updated)
NOTE: An entry that was posted in May and updated later that month was removed on July 2, 2011 after I was notified that the post contained material that had been removed by the original source of the entry, NDTV. Since NDTV has withdrawn all of their content and their update, I have decided to…