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Heartland Breach: Inside Look at the Plaintiffs’ Case
Posted on October 8th, 2009 No commentsMaster Complaint Details Events Before, During and After the Landmark BreachPrior to the Heartland Payment Systems (HPY) data breach, company executives misrepresented their “state of the art” security measures, says a new document filed in the class action suit against the payments processor. This document lays out for the first time a sequence of events and statements made by Heartland executives about security measures and actions before, during and after the breach. Following is a timeline of events highlighted in the master complaint against Heartland.
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Retail Data Breach Liability Shield May Get Gutted
Posted on October 8th, 2009 No commentsIn a move that has the potential to make it much more difficult for retailers to defend themselves against civil data breach lawsuits, the judge overseeing the Hannaford data breach case has reversed himself. The Maine Supreme Court is now involved.For years, retailers involved in major data breaches had little to worry about from U.S. courts, thanks to credit card zero liability programs.
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Heartland, After The Hacking
Posted on October 6th, 2009 No commentsThe data breach at Heartland Payment Systems was a disaster for the company. But after picking up the pieces, the company is looking ahead to a more secure future.
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September Data Breaches Hit Kentucky and Florida
Posted on October 2nd, 2009 No commentsEastern Kentucky University (EKU) in Richmond became the latest institution branded by a data breach when its IT team found a file containing sensitive data that could have been accessed through its public Web site.
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Welcome to Identity Force’s Weekly News Alert
Posted on September 30th, 2009 No commentsWelcome to Identity Force’s newest service for our members – our weekly roundup of important identity theft and data breach news. Once a week we will e-mail you links to stories and information that will keep you up-to-date with the latest consumer tips, data breach announcements, scam alerts and legal developments.
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Privacy and the Law
Posted on September 30th, 2009 No commentsLegal Insights on Data Privacy Trends and Breach ResponseYour organization has been breached – how should you immediately respond? How should you not respond
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Businesses Struggle to Secure Customer Data, Report Finds
Posted on September 25th, 2009 No commentsAccording to the survey, 79 percent have experienced a data breach involving the loss or theft of credit card information and 60 percent of respondents didn’t think they had sufficient resources to comply with PCI and bring about a necessary level of cardholder security.
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PCI More Of A ‘Check-Box’ Than Security For Most Retailers
Posted on September 24th, 2009 No commentsNearly 80 percent of retailers and organizations that handle credit card transactions have been hit with a data breach, but more than 70 percent still don’t consider security strategic to their operations, according to a new report released today.
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What to Know About Red Flags, Notification Laws and the Hi Tech Act
Posted on September 22nd, 2009 No commentsToday, more than ever, it is difficult for business owners and chief information officers (CIO) to navigate the ever expanding minefield of data breach privacy laws. Just as we have begun to get comfortable understanding laws like HIPAA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley and the Fair Credit Reporting Act, businesses now have to decipher the Red Flags Rule, H…
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HHS urged to rework data breach rule
Posted on September 18th, 2009 No commentsA member of the Health and Human Services Department’s health IT policy committee is urging the agency to revise what she argues is an overly broad and unreliable provision of an otherwise solid interim final rule on data breach …
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