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Cybersecurity & Privacy Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on cybersecurity and privacy law. Coverage includes cybersecurity and privacy suits and enforcement actions, data protection compliance issues, data breaches, as well as domestic and international policy developments.
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Latest News in Cybersecurity & Privacy
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November 20, 2024
Data Security Co. Shakes Suit Over Auto-Renewal Model
A North Carolina federal judge has axed a proposed class action accusing a digital security provider of tricking consumers into pricey subscriptions that were difficult to cancel, finding that while the dispute raises "legitimate societal concerns," the plaintiff failed to show that he was injured by this alleged conduct.
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November 20, 2024
5 Charged For 'Scattered Spider' Phishing Hacks, Crypto Theft
California federal prosecutors unveiled a criminal case Wednesday accusing five alleged members of the "Scattered Spider" cybercrime group of using a phishing scheme to access the confidential data of media and technology companies and steal $11 million worth of cryptocurrency from digital wallets.
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November 20, 2024
Ohio Mortgage Co. Gets Rival To Change Name In TM Fight
A Michigan mortgage company has agreed to change its name to end a trademark infringement lawsuit brought by a rival business in Ohio that claimed it was fielding complaints from confused customers over allegedly questionable telemarketing practices.
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November 20, 2024
Judge Opens Path For Ex-Yale Student's Asylum Bid
A Connecticut federal judge has illuminated a potential path for an expelled Yale student to send his sex assault accuser's name to immigration officials, suggesting that submitting a state trial transcript would "not seem to run afoul" of a magistrate judge's ban on otherwise naming the woman.
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November 20, 2024
DC Circ. Skeptical Of Texas AG's Bid To Revive X Probe
A D.C. Circuit panel seemed skeptical Wednesday of the Texas attorney general's claims that Media Matters lacks a valid claim to challenge the state enforcer's investigation into the media watchdog's reporting about the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, but one judge expressed uncertainty about the suit's readiness for judicial review.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- Federal Communications Commission
- Federal Trade Commission
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- U.S. Department of Justice
- State and international privacy regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Children’s Online Privacy Protections Act
- Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
- Cybersecurity Enhancement Act
- Cybersecurity Act of 2015
- Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
- Electronic Communications Privacy Act
- Fair Credit Reporting Act
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
- Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- Junk Fax Prevention Act
- Privacy Act of 1974
- Right to Financial Privacy Act
- Telephone Consumer Protection Act
- State and international privacy legislation and regulation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Data breach investigations
- Hacking, spamming, and other online privacy enforcement
- Wiretap and spying probes
- Identity theft charges
- Privacy and data security compliance efforts
- LITIGATION
- Suits over access to, sharing of, or improper use of personal records, including employment, health, and financial data
- Disputes over data hacks and classified information leaks
- Cases involving the coverage of data-related liability
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of privacy practices
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- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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