, 2006-02-20
A recent case involving a stolen laptop containing 550,000 people's full credit information sheds new night on what "reasonable" protections a company must make to secure its customer data - and what customers need to prove in order to sue for damages.
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Strict liability for data breaches?
2006-02-21
Adam (1 replies)
Adam (1 replies)
Strict liability for data breaches?
2006-02-21
Stephen T (1 replies)
Stephen T (1 replies)
Strict liability for data breaches?
2006-02-23
Anonymous (2 replies)
Anonymous (2 replies)
(Aside: The plaintiff's attorney is a well-known outfit here in the Twin Cities, known primarily for bringing fair credit collection actions against banks and other lenders -- churn and burn actions for the most part. I suspect that they stepped into waters they didn't know all that well and were blindsided by a big firm that knew better. I suspect that had this case been brought by lawyers more attuned to the nuances raised by Mr. Rasch that we would have had a more interesting result.)
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