Tag Archives: Sony

Once Again, Clapper Defeats Data Breach Class Action

Article III standing has once again proved to be an insurmountable hurdle for data breach class action plaintiffs whose personal information hasn’t been misused. In Galaria v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., an Ohio federal court relied on the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Clapper v. Amnesty Intern. USA, 133 S.Ct. 1138 (2013), and held … Continue Reading

Privacy Class Actions: Year-in-Review

By Erica Gann Kitaev on January 4, 2013 Posted in Privacy Class Actions, Privacy Litigation

During 2012, privacy class actions continued to trend toward two major categories: 1) actions that arose out of a data breach event and 2) actions brought to prosecute an alleged consumer privacy right. Article III Standing in Data Breach Class Actions A key issue in data breach class actions is the question of what types … Continue Reading

Sony & Epsilon Support National Data Breach Notice Law in Testimony Before House Subcommittee

By Craig A. Hoffman on June 8, 2011 Posted in Breach Notification, Data Breach Notification Laws, Federal Legislation

On June 2, 2011, representatives from Sony Network Entertainment International and Epsilon Data Management, LLC appeared before a House panel to answer questions regarding their responses to recent security breaches. The hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade was called by Subcommittee Chairwoman Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.) as part … Continue Reading

Harnessing “Big Data” to Create Value

By Craig A. Hoffman on June 2, 2011 Posted in Behavioral Advertising, Mobile Privacy

In the wake of the recent breaches at Epsilon and Sony and the scrutiny Apple and Google are facing for their geolocation data tracking practices, there has been little media focus on the benefits of data collection and analysis. Indeed, most of the coverage has been trained on proposed legislation and new regulations that would … Continue Reading