Legal News
September 13, 2026
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New York State Department of Financial Services Issues New Cybersecurity Guidance on Risk Assessments for Financial Services Entities

Guidance Emphasizes Importance of Ongoing Risk Assessments and Reminds Entities of Compliance Obligations Under Nation-Leading Cybersecurity Regulation September 10, 2026 New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) Acting Superintendent Kaitlin Asrow today issued new cybersecurity guidance outlining the Department’s expectations for DFS-regulated entities’ on conducting risk assessments sufficient to inform their cybersecurity programs. The […]

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September 10, 2026
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FTC Withdraws Obsolete Policy Statement on Notifications

Statement by the Federal Trade Commission: The Federal Trade Commission rescinded the 2021 Policy Statement on Breaches by Health Apps and Other Connected Devices. This controversial policy statement purported to apply the FTC’s Health Breach Notification Rule to health apps and connected devices that collect consumer health information. In 2024, however, the Commission updated the Health Breach […]

Legal News, Data Breach News, Healthcare
September 04, 2026
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DaVita agrees to pay $15M to settle claims from 2025 data breach

MedTech Dive reports that DaVita, one of the largest dialysis providers in the U.S., has agreed to pay $15 million to settle a proposed class action lawsuit arising from a data breach that affected approximately 2.7 million people last year. Once the preliminary settlement is approved, DaVita will pay out claims associated with the breach, according to […]

Data Breach News, Legal News, News, Vendor News
September 03, 2026
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A breach at Thomson Reuters reached appellate courts in twelve US jurisdictions

The Next Web reports that a breach involving Thomson-Reuter’s C-track case management system has affected courts in at least 12 states and Ontario, Canada: Thomson Reuters says an unauthorised party got into files belonging to C-Track, the case management platform its court software business sells to judiciaries. The records involved come from appellate courts in […]

Legal News, Artificial Intelligence (AI), News
September 01, 2026
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Montana AG, 15 others probe OpenAI AI model breach, hacks

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and 15 other state attorneys general launched an investigation into OpenAI over potential violations of consumer protection and data-privacy laws following a data breach by one of the company’s experimental models this summer. In July, OpenAI released an experimental artificial intelligence model without proper safeguards that hacked into several computer […]

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August 26, 2026
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‘Close Enough’ Data Breach Notifications Create Exposure

A reminder that the details of states’ data breach notification laws really do matter. A notification that may be satisfactory in most states may be noncompliant in another state and really cost the firm. From attorneys at BakerHostetler: One ruling is not a trend. And there can be unique factors at play in regulatory investigations […]

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August 25, 2026
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MCNA Data Breach Settlement Is Offering Up to $2,500 Payouts and Two Years of Monitoring for Millions

The Daily Hodl reports: A proposed class action settlement is offering cash payments and monitoring services to millions affected by a data breach at a health care company. The agreement stems from the Crowe v. Managed Care of North America (MCNA) class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of […]

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August 25, 2026
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“Cognizable damage” required for data breach claims, MA appeals court says in a first

There has been another ruling that makes it harder for plaintiffs in data breach litigation to prove standing. As seen on JDSupra: Helpful guidance for businesses, and for Massachusetts state courts. In 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court held in TransUnion, LLC v. Ramirez that in a suit for damages, “the mere risk of future harm, without more, cannot […]

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August 19, 2026
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Huntsville Hospital, Cerner/Oracle Health named in new federal lawsuit over data breach

Fox54 in Alabama reports: A second proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed over the data breach that compromised patient information at Huntsville Hospital Health System, this time in federal court and against both the hospital system and its electronic records vendor. Crystal Mullins filed the complaint Aug. 14 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of […]