AP reports: A bill designed to protect consumers from identity theft has won first-round approval from Nebraska lawmakers. Senators voted 34-0 on Thursday to advance the measure to the second of three required votes. The proposal would prevent credit reporting companies from charging a fee to impose or lift a security freeze on a consumer’s…
U.S. Supreme Court Watch: Whether to Resolve Circuit Split on Standing for Data Breach Plaintiffs
Jonathan (Yoni) Schenker and Craig A. Newman of Patterson Belknap write: At its first conference this month, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to weigh in on a Circuit split over standing to sue in the aftermath of a data breach. In CareFirst, Inc. v. Attias, No. 17-641, CareFirst is petitioning the Court to…
Alleged computer hacker Lauri Love to hear extradition appeal result next week
The Press Association reports: Alleged computer hacker Lauri Love finds out next week if he has successfully challenged a ruling that he can be extradited to the US. Two judges sitting at the High Court in London will give their decision on Mr Love’s appeal on Monday. Read more on Daily Mail.
AU: Notifiable Data Breaches scheme takes effect on 22 February 2018
Sylvia Ng, Steph Baker and Rohan Shukla of PwC Australia write: In brief The Notifiable Data Breaches scheme (NDB Scheme), as enacted by the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2017 (Cth) (Act) comes into effect on 22 February 2018. Under the NDB Scheme, organisations covered by the Privacy Act 1988(Cth) (Privacy Act)willbe required to…
Massachusetts AG Healey Launches Online Data Breach Reporting Portal
Note the last paragraph in the following press release. We’ll have a bit more ready transparency about breaches reported to Massachusetts, but in terms of numbers, we will only see the number of Massachusetts residents affected. That’s still better than what we have right now, though, so good news! BOSTON – Making it easier and more…
People are taking Equifax to small-claims court via chatbot — and winning
Ethan Wolff-Mann reports: In September, entrepreneur Joshua Browder’s Do Not Pay chatbot website added a new skill: allowing people to sue Equifax for its monumental data breach that exposed the personal information of 145.5 million people, which included Social Security numbers. A few months later, the results are coming in and people are winning judgements…