Litigation and legal developments concerning data breaches.
Ashurst reports: On 4 December 2023, the Queensland Parliament gave assent to the Information Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023 (Qld) (Act), with privacy reforms to the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) (IP Act) to commence 1 July 2025. You can read more about that here. In Queensland it has not been compulsory for agencies to notify the Office […]
Department Answers Frequently Asked Questions, Provides Guidance, and Issues Limited Enforcement Policy for First 90 Days Today, the Justice Department took significant steps to move forward with implementing a critical program to prevent China, Russia, Iran, and other foreign adversaries from using commercial activities to access and exploit U.S. government-related data and Americans’ sensitive personal […]
TechCrunch reports: Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden has put a hold on the Trump administration’s nomination of Sean Plankey to head the federal government’s top cybersecurity agency, citing a “multi-year cover up” of security flaws at U.S. telecommunication companies. Wyden said in remarks, seen by TechCrunch and confirmed by the senator’s spokesperson, that he will block the nomination […]
The WilmerHale law firm provides a recap of trends in 2024: One of the main risks for a company in the event of a data breach is the threat of litigation. Data breach litigation continued to proliferate in 2024, as it has in prior years. In the past year, plaintiffs continued to seek relief following […]
TipRanks reports: Medibank Private Ltd. is responding to a Federal Court decision regarding a consumer class action linked to a 2022 cybercrime event. The court ruled that Deloitte’s reports were not protected by legal professional privilege, while Medibank’s claims for privilege on other reports were upheld. Medibank plans to appeal the decision concerning the Deloitte reports, which […]
As seen on PRNewswire: A proposed $3.15 million Settlement arising out of a Data Breach has been reached with Fresenius Vascular Care, Inc. d/b/a Azura Vascular Care (“Azura”). Between September 27, 2023, and October 9, 2023, an unauthorized third party potentially gained access to Settlement Class Members’ Personal Information (the “Data Breach”). Personal Information could […]
engadget reports: TikTok will reportedly face a fine of over €500 million ($553 million) for transferring Europeans’ private data to China. Bloomberg said on Thursday that Ireland’s data protection commission, which regulates TikTok owner ByteDance’s EU operations, could dish out the penalty before the end of April. The fine results from a four-year investigation of TikTok’s data handling practices. The […]
The Record reports that in a policy statement published Tuesday, the British government set out what its forthcoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will include when it is introduced to parliament later this year: The belated reworking of the country’s cybersecurity regulations comes three years after the previous government had prematurely described those laws as “updated” while […]
The Hill reports: The $350 million T-Mobile agreed to pay in a 2022 class action settlement will finally start going out to customers next month. The class action lawsuit came after a cyberattack in August 2021 compromised the personal data of 76 million T-Mobile customers in the U.S. The data that was breached included customers’ […]
BakerHostetler launches 2025 Data Security Incident Response Report
BakerHostetler has released its 2025 Data Security Incident Response Report, which provides insight and analysis from more than 1,250 data security incidents managed by the firm this past year. Their report features a deep dive into critical components of security incidents (e.g., response timeline, average ransom payment amount, frequency of litigation) as well as an examination of […]