The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that a computer fraud rider to a "Blanket Crime Policy" covers losses from a hacker's theft of customer credit card and checking account data.
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There have been a number of class action lawsuits recently filed in California state courts against businesses for allegedly violating California's Shine the Light privacy law.
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The Supreme Court of California held that Vonage did not violate California law by sending commercial e-mail advertisements to individuals from multiple domain names for the purpose of bypassing e-mail filters.
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Where the only harm alleged is mere "speculation as to a possible risk of injury," a claim cannot survive a 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss, according to a District of Connecticut decision issued on August 31, 2009. McLoughlin v. People's United Bank, Inc., and Bank of New York Mellon, Inc., No. 3:08-cv-00944-VLB (D. Conn. Aug. 31, 2009), thus follows a long and growing line of cases which simply hold that where there is no actual harm, there can be no case.
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Where the only “damages” alleged following a data security breach are the costs of credit monitoring, a plaintiff has no case, so ruled the Seventh Circuit on August 23, 2007. The decision dealt another blow to so-called “identity exposure” plaintiffs seeking to recover damages stemming from the unauthorized disclosure of their personal information, as the Seventh … Continue Reading
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