Christopher Brown reports: Court Ventures Inc. properly beat a suit alleging it failed to notify victims of a security breach that it became aware of only after its sale to Experian Data Corp., a California appellate court ruled. Former owners of computerized data containing personal information aren’t required to provide notice of a breach under the…
Category: State/Local
Attorneys on alert for cybersecurity threats: New York’s new CLE training requirement
John Bandler reports: July 1st was a cybersecurity milestone for every New York attorney who now needs to complete an hour of cybersecurity training before renewing their law license. New York Courts in their role supervising and licensing attorneys recognize the importance of cybersecurity, and the threat of cybercrime. Cybercrime menaces every person and organization…
Webinar – The New Breed of State Health Privacy Laws
There are so many webinars each week that I generally don’t sign up for many or even post links to them, but this one really caught my eye because there have been so many recent changes at the state level. The New Breed of State Health Privacy Laws Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 2 PM…
Eleventh Circuit Requests Refined Class Definition For Data Breach Class Action
Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Alex W. Karasik, and George J. Schaller of Duane Morris write: In Steinmetz et al. v. Brinker International, Inc., No. 21-13146, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 17539 (11th Cir. July 11, 2023), the Eleventh Circuit vacated the district court’s order certifying a nationwide class and California-only class in a data breach case. In so…
Texas Tightens State’s Data Breach Notification Law
Joseph Lazzarotti and Phillip A. Baggett of Jackson Lewis write: On May 27, 2023, Texas’ Governor signed Senate Bill 768 amending Texas’ data breach notification law. The law in question, Section 521.053 of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, sets out the specific requirements any person conducting business in the state who owns or licenses sensitive personal…
Pennsylvania Senate committee approves Phillips-Hill’s measure to protect student data, privacy
The Senate Education Committee approved the Student Data Privacy and Protection Act, according to the measure’s sponsor Sen. Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York). Senate Bill 565 modernizes Pennsylvania law to accommodate student information being stored online, as well as students learning and attending school online. As is currently stands, student-related data is being generated, collected, and stored within…