Exploring business law in cyberspace
On May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will take effect in the European Union. The GDPR requires companies to get permission from customers before sharing their data. A company that does not comply with the GDPR could face a penalty of up […]
A cyber insurance policy transfers risk to an insurance company for losses involving a cyber breach. However, a cyber insurance policy is not a substitute for implementing adequate safeguards to secure an organization’s network. Cyber insurance may include first-party coverage and third-party coverage. First-party expenses […]
A class-action complaint filed against Facebook and Cambridge Analytica (CA) describes how the companies violated the privacy of 50 million users in the summer of 2014. The plaintiffs filed the complaint in a California federal district court. The complaint alleges negligence and unlawful business practices against the […]
The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the path for cyber breach plaintiffs to establish standing in their lawsuit against CareFirst. The Supreme Court’s refusal to review the lower appeal court’s decision to grant standing for the plaintiffs allows the case to proceed. CareFirst is a health insurance […]
On January 25, 2018, Allscripts, a platform service provider for managing electronic health care records, experienced a ransomware attack. The ransomware was a variant of the “SamSam” malware. Allscripts restored its systems with backups, but after several days, some users could not access the system. […]
