BIPA Year in Review: Where Are We Now and What’s Coming Next?
Posted in GeneralTag archives: class action
Posted in GeneralIllinois Supreme Court Rules that Compensation Act is not a bar to BIPA Damages
Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) is considered the most comprehensive law governing the processing of biometric data. Passed in 2008, BIPA sets out requirements for private entities, including employers, that collect, use, store, and share biometric information. It’s also one of the most popular class action suits today – hundreds, if not thousands of … Continue reading
Settlement of Target Data Breach Consumer Class Action Is Derailed On Appeal
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals last week reversed the district court’s approval of a settlement and settlement class in the consolidated consumer class action arising from Target Corporation’s 2013 security incident. This decision provided a new perspective on a persistent dilemma in the evolving law of data breaches: how to handle data breach victims … Continue reading
Fourth Circuit Holds that CGL Policy Covers Data Breach Class Action
On April 11, 2016, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling by the Eastern District of Virginia that two Commercial General Liability (“CGL”) insurance policies required an insurer cover the defense of a medical records company in a class-action claim relating to alleged failure to secure patients’ medical records.[1]… Continue reading
British supermarket chain faces group litigation action in the UK based on data breach
Posted in Data breach
In November of 2015, the English High Court in London approved a Group Litigation Order (“GLO”) allowing employees of one of the United Kingdom’s largest supermarket chains to join the pending action.… Continue reading
German law authorizing privacy “class actions” goes into force
Posted in Regulatory response
A new German law, which grants authority to the country’s consumer and business associations to enforce compliance with data protection laws, goes into force on February 24, 2016. A representative of the German Ministry of Justice pointed out that the new enforcement powers are specifically aimed at foreign companies having their headquarters or operating from outside Germany, … Continue reading
