Leveraging Knowledge to Manage Your Data Risks
MGM Resorts agreed to pay $45 million to settle over a dozen class action lawsuits concerning 2019 and 2023 data breaches. A federal court in Nevada preliminarily approved the settlement, which, according to lawyers, covers over 37 million MGM customers.
The 2019 incident occurred when millions of customers’ names, addresses, telephone numbers, and other personal…
Last week, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed S.B. 2979 to amend the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) immediately to define the repeated collection of the same biometric data without consent as a SINGLE, COLLECTIVE violation of the Act–this is a significant change. The precedent set by the Illinois Supreme Court in February 2023 in Cothron…
A professional accounting firm in Illinois received an unwanted holiday “gift” in the form of a class action complaint stemming from its alleged failure to secure personally identifiable information (PII) and to timely notify affected parties of a data breach.
On December 17, 2021, a lawsuit was filed against Bansley & Kierner, LLP, which offers…
This week’s tip is applicable to both individuals and businesses, and is a headache for both. Lately, it seems that everyone I talk to is lamenting about what a hassle document retention and destruction is, both personally and professionally. For good reason. Like other areas of law (such as data breach notification laws), every state…
