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Utah Enacts Amendments to State Breach Notification Law

Posted on March 27, 2024 by Dissent

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) and the Utah Technology Governance Act in the Utah Government Operations Code (§63A-16-1101 et seq). The Utah Technology Governance…

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Florida Legislature Passes Data Breach Immunity Legislation

Posted on March 13, 2024 by Dissent

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 requirements of Florida’s data breach notification law, and (2) maintaining a cybersecurity program that tracks certain…

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Indiana Attorney General Files Suit Against Apria Healthcare

Posted on March 9, 2024 by Dissent

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 equipment and related services across the United States. Apria provides medical equipment to over…

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41 State Attorneys General tell Meta to do better in preventing and mitigating account takeovers

Posted on March 7, 2024 by Dissent

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 attorneys general (the “State AGs”), write to request immediate action to address the…

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New Jersey law enforcement officers sue 118 data brokers for not removing personal info

Posted on February 14, 2024 by Dissent

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 information from the internet. New Jersey law prohibits the disclosure of home addresses and unpublished telephone…

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Attorney General James Sues Citibank for Failing to Protect and Reimburse Victims of Electronic Fraud

Posted on January 30, 2024 by Dissent

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 NYS Attorney General Letitia James, that’s pretty…

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