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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Privacy and Security Bits and Bytes
Posted in UncategorizedA Friday roundup – – From The Los Angeles Times – Social Security numbers and other payroll information of about 4,000 Securities and Exchange Commission employees were included in an unencrypted e-mail sent out by a contractor at the SEC’s National Business Center. First, SEC employees were nabbed downloading porn, and now this…. A bank courier… Continue Reading
Summary of Pending Omnibus Privacy Legislation
Posted in UncategorizedGiven that there are several sets of pending privacy legislation, here is a comparison for easy reference. Side-by-Side Comparison of Privacy Bills
No Violation of Electronic Communications Privacy Act by Facebook
Posted in UncategorizedWritten by Stu Eaton The United States District Court for the Northern District of California has dismissed the claims of the plaintiffs against Facebook in the case of In re: Facebook Privacy Litigation. Plaintiffs’ claims were based on Facebook’s admitted disclosure of their personal information to is advertisers in its “Referrer Headers,” which are created when… Continue Reading
Privacy and Security Bits and Bytes
Posted in UncategorizedOur Friday feature is back! FTC Imposes Largest Civil Penalty Ever for Violation of Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) – Magic Kingdom Subsidiary Pays Up The Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Jon Leibowitz, said: It’s the law, it’s the right thing to do, and, as today’s settlement demonstrates, violating COPPA will not come… Continue Reading
Still More Sony PlayStation Data Breach Class Actions Reported, But Payouts Remain Doubtful
Posted in UncategorizedWritten by Kevin McGinty Reuters reports that there are now at least 25 separate class actions pending against Sony in connection with the theft of PlayStation Network (“PSN”) customer data. Reuters further reports, however, that the PSN class actions appear to have a doubtful likelihood of success because, as noted in a previous entry in this… Continue Reading
“Do-Not-Track” Bill Introduced in US Senate
Posted in UncategorizedWe now have proposed “do-not-track” legislation in both the U.S. House of Representatives and in the U.S. Senate. Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) introduced the Do Not Track Me Online Act in February, and yesterday, Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) introduced the “Do-Not-Track Online Act 0f 2011″. Senator Rockefeller is the Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee. Senator Rockefeller’s… Continue Reading
Privacy “Webinar Wednesday” Series
Posted in Data Compliance & SecurityLast week, we introduced the “Privacy Webinar Wednesday” educational series with Data Privacy and Security Issues for the Not-for-Profit: 201 CMR 17.00, PCI, and Other Acronyms You Should Know. It was incredibly well-received – over 150 registrants. We’ll be presenting various privacy and security issues on the first Wednesday of the month. In case you… Continue Reading
Sony Breach Press Follow-up
Posted in Data BreachThere have been hundreds of articles written in the past week on the Sony Playstation Network breaches. Cynthia Larose, chair of Mintz Levin’s Privacy and Data Security practice, has been quoted in several articles over the weekend, including The Wall Street Journal [registration may be required], Reuters, and The Chicago Tribune. In The Wall Street Journal, Larose said,… Continue Reading
Let The Litigation Begin – Sony PlayStation Data Breach Class Action Filed in Boston
Posted in Data BreachWritten by Kevin McGinty With the inevitability of death and taxes, data breaches spawn class action lawsuits. The massive Sony PlayStation Network data breach has now resulted in the filing of a class action in federal court in Massachusetts captioned Thompson v. Sony Computer Entertainment. The named plaintiff asserts her claims on behalf of a… Continue Reading
And the [hacks] just keep on coming……
Posted in UncategorizedWe’ve had the Epsilon breach. We’ve had Sony Breach One and Sony Breach Two. Today, Bloomberg News reports on a breach that may be, as one security expert in the article calls it, “the nastiest password hack in history….” LastPass is reporting that hackers may have broken into its database and stolen info on as… Continue Reading
More breach problems for Sony……
Posted in UncategorizedWritten by Julia Siripurapu Yesterday, in a Customer Service Notification posted on its website, Sony Online Entertainment LLC (“SOE”) based in San Diego, California revealed that its systems were also the subject of a hacking attack. Sony Corporation and Sony Computer Entertainment announced in a press release issued this morning, that based on their ongoing… Continue Reading
REMINDER: Webinar Wednesday – Data Privacy and Security Issues for Non-Profit
Posted in Data Compliance & SecurityDon’t forget to register for our first in the Webinar Wednesday Privacy series – Data Privacy and Security Issues for Non-Profits. We have over 100 participants registered! Join us and learn about compliance obligations of non-profit institutions and organizations and what to do to prepare for the inevitable data breach. The second part of the session will feature… Continue Reading
