Jim Finkle and Karen Freifeld of Reuters also have more on the Court Ventures/U.S. Info Search that has put millions of consumers at risk of identity theft or financial fraud: Iowa and North Carolina said they are looking into a breach involving a subsidiary of Experian Plc that exposed some 200 million social security numbers,…
Ca: Inform customers of data breach or pay $100,000 per case: new privacy bill
Candice So reports: Businesses and organizations will be formally required to tell individual customers and the Privacy Commissioner of Canada if they’ve suffered a data breach – or pay up to $100,000 in fines for every individual not told, according to the new Digital Privacy Act, or Bill S-4, tabled in the Senate today. Read more on ITbusiness.ca
The Biggest Security Breach in the History of the Internet May Have Hacked All Your Information
Tom McKay reports: The news: Security researchers have identified a very, very serious security hole in one of the fundamental technologies protecting personal data all across the Internet. OpenSSL, the cryptographic software library that an estimated two-thirds of web servers worldwide use to connect with end users and guard against digital eavesdropping, has been vulnerable to hackers for…
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Info Search is responsible for notifying victims of breach, not us – Experian
Because the data were owned and controlled by U.S. Info Search, Experian says they are not responsible for notifying victims of a breach involving Court Ventures, a firm it acquired in 2012. So why does the media only have Experian’s name in the headlines? Jim Finkle of Reuters recently reported that there is a multi-state investigation…
Do Claims Resulting From a Data Breach Have Any Success in Court?
Richard Raysman and Peter Brown write:’ … courts have begun to confront a myriad of legal questions arising from these incidents. Companies and employees have heretofore been subject to suit in myriad jurisdictions as a result of data breaches and disclosures. Heretofore, the results have not been consistent and remain largely contingent on the facts…
FTC asks court to dismiss LabMD's complaint
Well, that was quick. Yesterday, the FTC filed a motion to dismiss (.pdf) LabMD’s complaint in federal court in Georgia. Their filing cited Judge Salas’s opinion in FTC v. Wyndham, which was also released yesterday: Because the Court lacks jurisdiction, it need not reach the merits of LabMD’s challenges. But they are groundless in any event….