Yale Faces Additional Lawsuit After 2011 Breach
Despite its reputation as having the top law school in the country, Yale University is facing a second lawsuit after the personal …
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UK High Court blocks iPhone Safari privacy suit against Google
The UK High Court has blocked an attempt by British consumer rights advocates to fling a multibillion-pound class-action sueball at Google …
Google Data Misuse Case Blocked in London High Court
London’s High Court has blocked attempts from a consumer representative group to enforce legal action on Google for allegedly harvesting …
Uber to cough up $148 million for hiding a data breach in 2016
Uber will have to cough up a sum of $148 million in fines for the data breach it suffered in 2016, which affected 600,000 drivers in the …
Uber to Pay $148 Million as a Settlement for Data Breach Cover
Uber Agreed to Pay $148 Million as a Settlement for 2016 Uber data breach which impacts 57 million Uber users around the world and 600,000 …
Uber agrees to pay $148 million in massive 2016 data breach settlement
Uber agrees to $148 million settlement with US States and the District of Columbia over the massive 2016 data breach that exposed …
Uber Agrees to Pay $148 Million in Nationwide Settlement
Uber has reached a $148 million settlement with the 50 US states and the District of Columbia for violating data breach reporting laws in …
Destroyed Computer Hampers Lawsuit In Premera Breach
Plaintiffs in a class action suit against Premera Blue Cross allege the company destroyed a computer that may be key to proving sensitive …
Woman sues US border patrol over data copied from seized iPhone
An American Muslim citizen is suing the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for seizing her iPhone at an airport, keeping it for 130 …
Google Hit With Lawsuit Over Location Tracking
A lawsuit accuses Google of “the surreptitious location tracking of millions of mobile phone users via its Android mobile operating system …
Court victory legalizes 3D-printable gun blueprints
A multi-year legal battle over the ability to distribute computer models of gun parts and replicate them in 3D printers has ended in defeat …
EU parliament calls for Privacy Shield to be pulled until US complies
the definition of ‘targets’, on the ‘tasking of selectors’ and on the concrete process of applying the selectors in the context of …
Ruling Reaffirms Individuals Cannot File HIPAA Lawsuits
A federal court recently dismissed a case filed by a patient alleging a laboratory violated HIPAA by failing to shield from public view her …
Ex-Tesla employee sued for hacking and stealing company data
Hot on the heels of Tesla CEO Elon Musk sending employees an email about possible saboteurs in their midst, it has been revealed that an …
Tesla sues ex-employee for hacking & sharing GBs of data with 3rd parties
“For example, Tripp claimed that punctured battery cells had been used in certain Model 3 vehicles even though no punctured cells were …
Tesla Alleges an Employee Stole Gigabytes of Trade Secrets
Tesla has sued a former employee for stealing trade secrets from the company, and for sending several gigabytes of confidential data to …
I’m Suing Oakland Police for Records About the Hacker Game ‘Watch Dogs 2’
When the youth of 2065 gather around my knees and ask what life was like in the Bay Area back during the Snowden years, I will simply warm …
Kaspersky lost Its Lawsuits Against U.S Government ban For Malicious Cyber Activity Against the United States
Moscow based Leading cyber security Firm Kaspersky lost its lawsuits against the United States after for the allegation against Kaspersky …
Judge dismisses Kaspersky lawsuits about US government software ban
Kaspersky has had something of a tough time of it over the last year, first being hit by a ban on its software being used by the US …
Facebook on €7 billion GDPR Lawsuit: We Absolutely Are Compliant
Facebook bête noire Max Schrems, the Austrian privacy campaigner, today launched lawsuits worth over €7 billion under GDPR – …
Schrems is back: Facebook, Google get served GDPR complaint
Max Schrems, the thorn in Facebook’s side, has returned to launch the first challenges under the EU’s new data protection laws. The …
Trump’s blocking of Twitter users declared unconstitutional
A New York judge has banned US President Donald Trump from blocking Twitter users on the grounds that it’s a violation of free-speech …
Facebook, Google face first GDPR complaints over “forced consent”
After two years coming down the pipe at tech giants, Europe’s new privacy framework, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is …
UK watchdog orders Cambridge Analytica to give up data in US voter test case
Another big development in the personal data misuse saga attached to the controversial Trump campaign-linked UK-based political …
Facebook is trying to block Schrems II privacy referral to EU top court
Facebook’s lawyers are attempting to block a High Court decision in Ireland, where its international business is headquartered, to refer …
UK surveillance regime dealt another blow in court
The UK government has suffered yet another defeat in the courts over a surveillance regime that critics have dubbed a ‘Snooper’s …
UK mass surveillance regime dealt another blow in court
The UK government has suffered yet another defeat in the courts over a surveillance regime that critics have dubbed a ‘Snooper’s …
DNC Lawsuit Against Russia Reveals New Details About 2016 Hack
Committee Friday filed a lawsuit against a broad slate of people and entities allegedly responsible for the 2016 hack of its email, phone …
YouTube prankster sued by In-N-Out Burger
California burger chain In-N-Out Burger is not amused by YouTube prankster Cody Roeder, whose antics have included pretending to be the …
Justice Department seeks dismissal of Kaspersky lawsuit, court documents show
The Justice Department filed motions in district court Monday to dismiss two lawsuits brought by Russian cybersecurity and anti-virus …