What is there about “no standing” that you failed to accept? And why do lawyers keep filing lawsuits when the courts have been pretty consistent about dismissing for lack of standing if a lead plaintiff can’t demonstrate actual injury or harm or truly imminent and likely injury? Law360 reports: An Illinois appellate court on…
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TN: Account information stolen at doctor’s office, suspect arrested
Ben Watson reports: A Memphis woman says her credit card information was stolen while she was at the doctor’s office. […] Medical assistant Jessica Jefferson has been arrested after police say she confessed to stealing the woman’s bank account information. […] The hospital released a statement: “She’s been suspended and we are waiting for the…
OPM notifying 4 million current and former federal employees of hack
Oh my. From the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 4 million federal employees may have had their information compromised. But it’s not just OPM that was hacked. It appears that China may have successfully hacked not just OPM, but the Interior Department, and possibly every federal agency. Here’s the press release from OPM: The…
Maybe Florida should, like, ya know, pass a law actually requiring secure destruction of records with personal info?
C’mon, Florida law firms: get your data protection/records disposal act together, will you? This is the second report of improper data disposal this week. The first was in Orlando.
Virginia Credit Union reissuing cards after skimming breach
Britni McDonald reports: Virginia Credit Union says more than 2,000 cardholders had their information breached and money stolen. The credit union says this is a case of ATM skimming, where fraudsters place a device on ATMs that allows them to gather data and duplicate cards. Three branches of the credit union are affected, including Glenside…
Home Depot asks court to dismiss consumers’ data breach lawsuit
David Allison reports: The Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) on Monday asked a federal court to dismiss the lawsuit filed by consumers claiming they were hurt by the company’s massive data breach. “All of the claims alleged in the complaint suffer from the same fatal defect found in the vast majority of other breach cases…