And while we’re talking about data breach litigation…. In March, 2014, Spec’s Family Partners disclosed that 34 of its stores had been hit by a breach that exposed customer data from October 2012 through March 20, 2014. The “small percentage” of customers affected turned out to be approximately 550,000 customers and employees. Now Law360 is reporting…
Wendy’s accused of negligence after alleged data breach
So on January 27, Brian Krebs revealed that Wendy’s was looking into whether it had been breached. By February 8 – a long delay by today’s standards – a potential class action lawsuit was filed by attorneys for Jonathan Torres in the Middle District of Florida. Robbie Hargett of Legal Newsline has more on the lawsuit:…
Horry County Schools approves paying computer virus ransom
WBTW reports that a South Carolina school district is paying a ransom demand because they have no way to access 25 servers with elementary school data after their system was locked up by ransomware: The Horry County school system remains locked out of several servers after a ransom computer virus got into the system last week. Charles…
VTech not backing down on terms change after data breach
Maria Korolov reports: Despite widespread public condemnation, Hong Kong toy maker VTech is not backing down from a change in its Terms and Conditions ducking its responsibilities in the event of a breach. European customers now have to agree to a Terms of Service that includes the following sentence: “You acknowledge and agree that any…
WI: Vilas County jail inmates had personal info disclosed online
Jamie Taylor reports: About 85 inmates at the Vilas County Jail on Jan. 14 inadvertently had their social security numbers and other personal information posted online for about four hours. According to Vilas County Sheriff Joe Fath, the information was posted when a new corrections employee posted the wrong computerized report. Read more on Lakeland…
UK: Moray policeman in court accused using work computers to snoop on future wife
Ben Hendry reports: A police officer has been accused of breaching data protection laws by using work computers to snoop on dozens of people – including his future wife. Constable Crawford Reay will face a string of charges when he goes on trial next month. The 47-year-old is alleged to have committed the offences at…