Our firm represents the victims of data breaches and data losses. Personal identifying information is a commodity. Your personal information can be sold just like illegal drugs on the street. Companies and government agencies have a duty to protect your personal identifying information. If your personal information is taken or lost, you may be at [...]
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DATA BREACH & DATA LOSS NEWS – TOP STORIES
Posted: July 3, 2012 by administrator in DATA BREACHES & DATA LOSS, DATA SECURITYTags: atlanta ga, Birmingham al, CONSUMER LAW, CREDIT REPORT DISPUTE, CREDIT REPORT ERROR, Dallas tx, data breach law, DATA LOSS, data security law, Federal Trade Commission, hacker, linkedin class action, Nashville tn, Orlando FL, STRATFOR CLASS ACTION, Tampa fl, wyndham lawsuit
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FTC SAYS CREDIT REPORT RESELLERS ALLOWED HACKERS TO ACCESS CONSUMERS’ INFO
Posted: September 1, 2011 by administrator in FCRA, IDENTITY THEFTTags: ACRAnet, alabama, attorney, CREDIT REPORT, data breach, Fajilan, Florida, fraud alert, GEORGIA, hacker, id theft, IDENTITY THEFT, lawyer, mississippi, privacy, Settlement Once Credit, Statewide Credit Services, Tennessee
The Federal Trade Commission has settled charges against credit report resellers for not taking reasonable steps to protect consumers’ personal identifying information. The credit report resellers, SettlementOne Credit Corporation, ACRAnet, Inc., and Fajilan and Associates, Inc., also doing business as Statewide Credit Services are required to strengthen their data security according to the FTC order. The FTC [...]
2011 TOP TEN DATA BREACHES
Posted: June 7, 2011 by administrator in DATA BREACHES & DATA LOSS, DATA SECURITY, IDENTITY THEFTTags: alabama, Atlanta, attorney, birmingham, data breach, DATA LOSS, Data Security, fair credit reporting act, FCRA, Florida, GEORGIA, hacker, huntsville, id theft, IDENTITY THEFT, lawyer, MICAH ADKINS, mobile, montgomery, Orlando, pensacola, privacy, Tuscaloosa
The year is only half way over, but 2011 will be another big year for data record loss. According to Fahmida Y. Rashid at eWeek, over 150 companies experienced a data breach in 2011. Below is the Top 10 List for Data Breaches in 2011. 1. Sony Playstation, 101 million records 2. Epsilon, Alliance Data Systems, 60 million [...]
WHITE HOUSE PROPOSES NEW CYBER SECURITY LAWS
Posted: May 23, 2011 by administrator in DATA BREACHES & DATA LOSS, DATA SECURITY, FCRATags: alabama, Atlanta, attorney, birmingham, cyber, CYBERCRIME, data, data breach, fair credit reporting act, FCRA, GEORGIA, hacker, laws, lawyer, mobile, montgomery, privacy, security, white house
The White House recently provided Congress with its proposal for a new cyber security law. The proposed cyber security law is designed to make companies protect consumers’ personal identifying information (PII) from digital cyber attacks. The cyber security proposal encourages Congress to enact the law before the end of the year. Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.), [...]