A Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago recently issued a final approval for a $1.5 million settlement between L.A. Tan Enterprises Inc. and a...
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First Settlement Reached Under Illinois
NJ Bank Sued by Job Applicants Over Credit Reports
New Jersey’s Valley National Bank is facing a putative class action in federal court after violating the federal fair credit reporting law...
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Illinois Appellate Court Reminds Employers of Restrictions on Credit Checks
Neiman Marcus was found guilty of violating the Illinois Employee Credit Privacy Act when a conditional offer of employment for an entry level...
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2016 Cost of Data Breach Study: United States
IBM and Ponemon Institute are pleased to present the 2016 Cost of Data Breach Study: United States, our 11th annual benchmark study on the cost of...
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Bank of America Dodges Suit Over Disclosing Background Checks
A California judge recently dismissed a putative class action filed against Bank of America Inc. and others after J. Robert Berrellez alleged...
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Use of Big Data Has Implications for Equal Employment Opportunity
The use of Big Data to make hiring and other employment decisions will continue to grow in its use and scope. At a recent meeting, however...
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Data Theft Rises Sharply, Insiders to Blame
A new survey exploring the main causes of corporate data breaches suggests that three out of four organizations in the US have been hit with the...
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New Report Finds Insider Corporate Data Theft and Malware Infections Among Biggest Threat to Digital Business in 2016
Insider data theft and malware attacks top the list of the most significant concerns for enterprise security executives, a new report from...
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FTC’s Data Security Expectations “Abundantly Clear” Following LabMD Decision
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its opinion and final order against LabMD, Inc. which concluded that LabMD’s data security...
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EU Data Transfers to the U.S.: Considering Your Options after Privacy Shield
With the recent approval of the EU-US Privacy Shield framework and the ability to start filing online registrations on 1 August, many companies...
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UK Votes to Leave the EU: Data Protection Standards Unlikely to be Affected
The UK has decided to withdraw its membership from the European Union. Despite the result, data protection standards are unlikely to be affected...
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Pennsylvania Employee Proceeds With Invasion of Privacy Claim Arising out of Positive Drug Test Result
A federal court in Pennsylvania has allowed an employee to proceed with a wrongful discharge/invasion of privacy claim related to her discharge...
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