The Foundation for Medical Care of Merced County previously provided third party administration services for the Merced County School District’s medical and dental plans. The foundation currently provides member claims services for the school district’s medical plans. On August 3, 2021, there was a break-in at the foundation’s location during which an unknown intruder punched…
The City of Titusville Provides Notice of Data Security Incident
CITY OF TITUSVILLE, Fla., Oct. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The City of Titusville is providing notice of a recent data security incident that may affect the security of personal information pertaining to certain individuals. This notice provides information about the incident, the City of Titusville’s response, and resources available to individuals to help protect their information from possible misuse, should they…
Second Circuit rules that risk of future identity theft not enough to support standing in data breach class action
Elizabeth Casale, Rachel Harris, Layla Husen, and Luke Sosnicki of of Thompson Coburn write: The Second Circuit recently joined a growing number of federal courts to decide when a data breach of personally identifiable information (“PII”) is actionable. According to the Second Circuit, plaintiffs do not have standing to bring a lawsuit when there is…
Kr: Facebook recommended to pay 300,000-won compensation per victim over personal data breach
Yonhap News Agency reports: The state watchdog on personal information protection on Friday recommended the operator of Facebook to pay 300,000 won (US$256.70) in compensation to each of 181 users demanding damages for the provision of their personal information to third parties without consent. The recommendation to Meta Platforms, Inc. was made by the Personal…
Private proof-of-vaccine app Portpass continues to expose personal data even after relaunch and updates
Robson Fletcher reports: Personal information belonging to more than 17,000 users of the private proof-of-vaccination app Portpass is still unsecured and visible online — including, in some cases, photos of drivers’ licences and passports — despite assurances from the company that its data-security problems have been fixed. The Calgary-based smartphone app was temporarily taken offline in late September…
Customers Can Pursue Negligence Claims Directly Against Vendor (Blackbaud)
David Kessler and Susan Ross write: On October 19, 2021, a federal trial court in South Carolina ruled that a group of consumers could proceed with common law negligence and gross negligence claims directly against their organizations’ vendor that had been the victim of a security breach—instead of suing the organizations of which they were…