More Breach Notification Laws — 42 States and Counting
Proskauer RoseVirginia, West Virginia, and South Carolina are the latest states to pass data breach notification laws, bringing to 42 the total number of states with such laws on the books (including...
View ArticleIowa Enacts 43rd State Breach Notification Law
Proskauer RoseOn May 9, 2008, Iowa Governor Chester Culver signed legislation (SF 2308) requiring any person who owns or licenses computerized data that includes a consumer’s personal information to...
View ArticleSeven Days Is All She Wrote . . .
Proskauer RoseAs our readers know, many of the 44 state data breach notification laws allow for (and may even require) a brief delay in notifying affected individuals of the breach if that notification...
View ArticleMaine Makes Marketing Minors “Predatory”
Kristen J. MathewsIn mid-September, Maine’s “Act to Prevent Predatory Marketing Practices against Minors” is scheduled to take effect. Due to the lack of a scienter element in several of the...
View ArticleMedia Companies May Block Maine Marketing to Minors Law
Proskauer RoseOn Wednesday, August 26, 2009, a lawsuit was filed in federal court in Maine to enjoin Maine’s new predatory marketing to minors law, which was previously discussed on our blog. If not...
View ArticleAnderson v. Hannaford: Plaintiff Customers May Recover Mitigation Costs Of...
Amy CraftsPlaintiff customers in litigation stemming from Hannaford Brothers, Co.’s 2007 data breach were handed a partial victory by the First Circuit on October 20th. The Court held that plaintiffs’...
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