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The U.S. Supreme Court refused to grant review of CAREFIRST, INC., ET AL. V. ATTIAS, CHANTAL, ET AL which concerns:
A UK court found that an employer, that had taken appropriate measures to prevent a data breach, can be held vicariously liable for a data breach when an employee:
Bonjour U.S. State Legislators- daat security liability issues should be in your radar.
Lexology | Employer held vicariously liable for employee’s deliberate data breach
WM Morrison’s Supermarket PLC | England and Wales High Court (Queen’s…
The FCC overturns net neutrality rules and Attorneys General of New York and Washington announce their lawsuit raising these 3 concerns:
The Attorney General of Washington State notes that he is 5-0 in his lawsuits against the Trump administration.
The Hill | Washington AG to sue over net neutrality repeal
Refreshing our recollection:
OHIO is considering SB 220 that ties the NIST standards to liability limitation. Yes, tort reform meets data security.
Health Data breach suit, CareFirst, is heading to the US Supreme Court, and setting up the standards for what injuries are necessary for a data security claim.
The Appellate Court found that “that CareFirst failed to properly secure their data and thereby subjected them to a substantial risk of identity theft…we have little difficulty concluding that their injury in fact is fairly traceable to CareFirst,”
Code words for legislative drafters: fairly traceable
What is a data trespass law? While it sounds like data security, these laws create a crime against physically entering land to acquire data like pollution or animal cruetly.
Are data trespass laws constititional? Maybe not. A Federal Appeals court has found a Wyoming law likely violates the 1st Amendment.
Who is for these laws? Land owners, members of the Farm Bureau
Who is against these laws? People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Center for Food Safety, National Press Photographers…
Yes, the California Supreme Court held that the California Medical Board can access private patient records in the state prescription database because the state interest in regulating potent prescription drugs and protecting patients from negligent doctors.
Access to patient records + Texas Medical Board Sunset Review = Patient Privacy vs. State Interest Amendments
Law 360 | Calif. Justices OK Medical Board’s Access To Rx Database
GOP Data Firm, Deep Root Analytics, stored personal details of roughly 198 million citizens unprotected and publicly assessible.
A cybersecurity firm says potentially all of America’s 200 million registered voters were exposed, including names, dates of birth, home addresses, phone numbers, and voter registration details.
The complaint: McAleer v. Deep Root
Nevada Senate passed an internet security bill that will:
Why are states passing internet security bills?
A court in Vermont ruled that the State Agency of Education must release school bullying information it has collected under the public information act.