Lawyer David Navetta comments on the decision: We have been following the twists and turns of the Hannaford Bros. security breach litigation from the beginning (see here, here,here, here and here). As of yesterday, it looks like the consumer plaintiffs’ case has suffered the “true death” (my friends and colleagues that watch HBO’s “True Blood” will know what I am…
MO: Thousands Of Mortgage and Personal Documents Strewn Over Lawn
Andy Banker reports: Thousands of abandoned documents, full of people’s personal information, were in an O’Fallon, Missouri, driveway Tuesday, along with a mess that included a recliner, an old bedroom set, TV, and dinner table. There were stacks of mortgage documents with people’s social security numbers, bank accounts, addresses, and phone numbers, sitting right out…
Victims of ChoicePoint Data Breach to Receive Redress Checks
An administrator working for the Federal Trade Commission is mailing checks to 14,023 consumers who were victims of ChoicePoint’s alleged failure to implement a comprehensive information security program to protect consumers’ personal information, as required by a previous court order. As a result, in the spring of 2008, an unauthorized person accessed its database and…
LA: Credit card fraud investigation centers in Natchitoches Parish
KSLA reports that another restaurant has been hacked. In this case, it’s reportedly the Japanese Sushi Bar & Grill: Reportedly the Japanese Sushi Bar & Grill, located in Natchitoches has become the latest victim of hacking. Upon investigating, detectives have learned that someone allegedly got into the server they use to process credit card transactions….
Pointer: Are People Really Harmed By a Data Security Breach?
Privacy law scholar Daniel Solove has a great opinion piece, inspired, in part, by the Maine Supreme Court ruling in the Hannaford Bros. case. Dan writes, in part: There are at least three general bases upon which plaintiffs argue they are injured by a data security breach: 1. The exposure of their data has caused…
(update) Two arrested in Roseville restaurant credit card scam
Sam Stanton reports: At least two people have been arrested in connection with the credit card scam pulled at Paul Martin’s American Bistro in Roseville, police said today, but the suspects are considered minor players and the ringleaders may be operating overseas. Read more on SacBee.com