Hailed as a victory for plaintiff’s lawyers, class actions are proceeding for data breaches at Target and Sony. Since the February breach at Anthem, more than 40 class action lawsuits have been filed.
Legal experts say data breach cases move forward when the plaintiff can allege:
- “Statutory damages, such as a particular state’s data-breach law, or
- if there are known sales of stolen identities on the black market”
Posted indata privacy, health care data, legal trend, retail data breachLege Trend: Higher Health Care Data Privacy Standards
Connecticut’s SB1024 applies higher data privacy standards on health care providers, by establishing regulations through the department of insurance.
Which health care entities are affected?
- health insurers
- HMOs
- “other entities licensed to do health insurance business in Connecticut,”
- pharmacy benefits manager…
Lege Trend: Access to the GPS Data on your Phone
California’s SB 576 will require app makers to explain:
- what location information they’re gathering from your phone
- why they’re collecting it and
- whether they’re sharing it with anyone else.
- Will require users’ permission to continue to gather GPS information from your phone