Meta MITM IAAP SSL bump: Zuck ordered “Project Ghostbusters”—with criminal consequences, says class action lawsuit.

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Two recent class action settlements highlighted just how seriously companies should take their duty to protect users’ information. The cost of not doing so is astronomical. These settlements also speak to the rare calculus of the value of a user’s private information. Meta, the parent of Facebook just agreed to a $725 million settlement while..

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Everyone knows that when you use a social media site such as Facebook, the website is collecting information about you. I’m not sure whether, even with privacy settings set, that people know who is getting access to this information, for what purposes, and what information exactly they are getting. Reading the Facebook privacy policy and..

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We had long predicted that the CCPA’s introduction of statutory damages associated with certain data breaches would make California a popular venue for data breach class action lawsuits. Sure enough, litigants are now raising such claims in Barnes v. Hanna Andersson, a data breach litigation against children’s apparel company Hanna Andersson (“Hanna”) and its vendor, Salesforce.  […]

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One of the most significant aspects of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is the fact that consumers in California now have the right to sue companies for their losses resulting from data breaches. While this seems significant, in reality, it’s not much of a change from existing law, and in fact, may ultimately leave..

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Probably the dumbest questions you can ask a lawyer—particularly in the wake of a massive data breach—is, “Can I sue?” The answer is almost always, “Yes.” And what would you sue for? Answer. “A real long time.” In the aftermath of the Capital One data breach, there have already been class action lawsuits filed against..

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