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In a third update to the data breach of 6.5 million kids’ information and 5 million parents’ information, VTech Holdings Ltd. (VTech) is facing backlash from plaintiffs’ attorneys and regulators.

First, VTech Electronics North America LLC was hit with the now usual class action suits following a data breach–two so far–filed in the Northern District…

On November 6, 2015, the EU Commission released its guidance for businesses relating to the EU safe harbor.

The commission indicated that since the invalidation of the safe harbor framework, it has “stepped up” talks with the U.S. regarding transfer of data from the EU to the U.S. but acknowledged that global companies were…

Dow Jones & Co. has notified 3500 of its customers that their information was accessed by an unauthorized individual in a data breach that spanned from August 2012 through July 2015.

The unauthorized access, through malware, exposed the names, addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers, and credit card information of 3,500 subscribers, including subscribers to The…

U.S. District Judge Gary Feinerman denied Amazon, Inc.’s (Amazon) motion for summary judgment on October 7, 2015, in Illinois federal court, in a class action case over alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), stating that while Amazon said it offered plaintiff compensation to drop his accusations, “there is no offer of judgment…

On August 21, 2015, the 11th Circuit upheld the dismissal of a class action against DCI Biologicals, Inc. (DCI) for its alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). DCI is a blood plasma collection center, and a blood plasma donor, Joseph Murphy, alleged that DCI sent him unsolicited text messages using an…

Yesterday, the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence issued its NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide, Draft Special Publication 1800-2 “Identity and Access Management for Electric Utilities.”

The Guide is a result of collaboration between NIST and utilities stakeholders, including the energy sector and technology vendors, to design an example solution to help energy companies manage…

Samsung recently announced that more than 600 million Samsung mobile devices contained a factory installed third party software produced by SwiftKey that predicts the words you will type  on your keyboards. The issue with the SwiftKey software is its contains a flaw that permits hackers to access the device when the Keychain software is applying…

On March 30, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule (Proposed Rule) setting forth meaningful use criteria for Stage 3 of the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs (EHR Incentive Programs). CMS intends for Stage 3 to be the final stage of the EHR Incentive Programs, and…