Litigation and legal developments concerning data breaches.
CyberScoop reports: A federal court has upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s authority to impose stricter data breach notification regulations on the telecom sector, including requirements that the industry notifies customers when their personally identifiable information is exposed in a hack. In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that the FCC […]
Kroll Settlement Administration has issued a press release about the settlement in litigation stemming from AT&T data breaches in 2024.
There is a settlement in litigation stemming from a breach reported last year that affected more than three dozen Cencora/Lash Group clients, and more than 1.4 million patients at last public count. The HIPAA Journal now reports: Cencora & The Lash Group have agreed to pay $40 million to settle class action data breach litigation […]
Cleveland.com reports: In response to Cleveland and other local governments around Ohio being targeted with cyberattacks and ransomware threats, the state of Ohio will soon require all counties, cities, townships, school districts, libraries, and other local governments to have a cybersecurity policy that adheres to certain standards, as well as only allow locals to approve […]
New York State Senator Monica R. Martinez writes: The frequency and sophistication of cybersecurity attacks on state and local governments across the United States are on the rise, but now New York state has enacted legislation to ensure public entities’ responses to these incidents won’t glitch. Earlier this summer, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed S.7672A/A.6769A, sponsored by state […]
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Covington and Burling writes: Oklahoma recently enacted Senate Bill 626, which substantially amends the state’s data breach notification law to broaden the scope of notification obligations and add a new regulator notification requirement along with a new “safe harbor”-style provision that provides liability protections if certain security measures are implemented. The changes to Oklahoma’s law follow changes to […]
HIPAA Journal reports: HCA Healthcare Inc. has agreed to settle class action litigation stemming from a July 2023 data breach that was reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights as affecting 11,270,000 patients. The affected individuals had received healthcare services at HCA hospitals and doctors’ offices in 20 U.S. states. HCA Healthcare was targeted by hackers […]
Alston & Bird writes: Read more at JDSupra.
Fisher Phillips writes: As cybersecurity threats escalate, state legislatures across the country are tightening requirements for how insurance entities respond to data breaches – and thanks to a new law just passed several weeks ago, Missouri is getting in on the action. On July 2, Missouri’s Governor approved House Bill 974, “The Insurance Data Security […]
