Data Breach Case Based on Industry Standards Fails

Until recently, cases alleging damages for data breaches have been mainly unsuccessful, absent a showing of actual damages by the persons...

Three new states enacted comprehensive consumer data privacy laws in May and June. On May 19, 2023, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte...

Over the past 15 years, federal agencies and state governments have been imposing new obligations and requirements for handling...

The California legislature adjourned without extending the two business-friendly exemptions of the California Consumer Privacy Act...

For years, the big issue in data breach lawsuits focused on standing. However, the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (CCPA’s) private...

Ransomeware cases are on the rise, and so are insurance claims. Some insurers are responding to cyber claims by trying to minimize losses...

The regulation of data collection and its use marches on. Recent examples include: Illinois Illinois has a new law that took effect on...

New deployments of smart devices and smart services are happening rapidly. Almost all new infrastructure should be informed by new...