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A data breach occurs when sensitive information collected (and sometimes stored) by a company is made vulnerable by someone illegally accessing that information. Information breaches can occur in a number of ways, but generally involve computer hackers or computer theft, followed by unlawful access to customer or client information. This sometimes resul... - Days after Massive Home Depot Data Breach, Lawsuits Are Filed
Sep-16-14 Atlanta, GA The data breach that affected retail giant Home Depot, and revealed in recent days, is not only the latest example of a hacker accessing customers personal information amidst data storage systems that are generally assumed as secure, it could be the largest yet. The breach could eclipse that of Target, which affected about 40 million con... - Following Suit: Data Breach Updates
Feb-11-14 • A data breach can occur in a number of ways. Mainly computer hackers and computer theft allow unlawful access to customer information, which often results in personal information being sold illicitly, followed by data breach lawsuits. For instance, the stolen Target customer data immediately resulted in Target credit card attack lawsuits. Another... - Premera Data Breach Lawyer: Companies Must Face Consequences for Failing to Protect Identifying Information
Jul-10-15 New York, NY When retail stores have suffered data breaches , the incidents have been big news, but data breaches at insurance companies can be even more harmful. Gary Graifman, partner at Kantrowitz Goldhamer & Graifman in charge of consumer class-action litigation, says Premera policyholders whose information was accessed in a recent data breach c... - Oklahoma Social Security Disability - SSDI, Social Security Benefits, Social Security Lawyers
Social Security lawyers can help people apply for Oklahoma social security disability ( SSDI ) or assist those who have been denied Oklahoma social security . An SSDI attorney can also assist with supplemental security income or SSI disability . Oklahoma Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Oklahoma Social Security Disability... - AT&T Confirms Data Breach
Jun-21-14 New York, NY In a year filled with data breaches and data breach lawsuits, even one more data breach story can seem like too much. With each new store, restaurant or communications company that announces a breach, customers wonder if their personal information is ever truly safe. Data breach lawsuits, alleging companies have not done enough to protect... - Trump Hotels Hit with Data Breach Lawsuit
Oct-31-15 Chicago, IL: While Donald Trump continues to stump across America in his bid for the US Republican nomination (and is scheduled to serve as host of Saturday Night Live next month), the hotel chain that bears his name is facing a data breach class action after systems were hacked in two hotels in New York and other locations in Chicago, Miami, Las Veg... - Premera Blue Cross Data Breach Results in Several Lawsuits, Class Actions
Jul-6-15 Seattle, WA The hackers responsible for the recent cyber attack on federal government computers could also have been responsible for the Premera Blue Cross Data Breach of 11 Million Accounts , or so is the supposition reported recently in the New York Times and the Puget Sound Business Journal (6/5/15). Premera is the third largest health insurer... - Plaintiffs Allege Data Breach by Boston Medical Center, Lawsuit to Go Ahead
Apr-8-16 Boston, MA: Of all the potential data breaches that could lead to headache, heartbreak, identity theft and a data breach lawsuit , perhaps the most damning and potentially embarrassing breach is the unlawful access of medical records. With more hospitals and health care facilities archiving and making medical records available electronically, the risks... - Target Corp. on Target with $10 Million Data Breach Settlement
Apr-11-15 St. Paul, MN It’s been a tough couple of years for Target Corp (Target). The retailer’s expansion into Canada failed miserably. What’s more, the massive data breach that hit the retailer in 2013 resulted in class-action lawsuits. Those data breach lawsuits appear to be on their way to being settled, after a US District Court Judge las... - US Attorney General Seeks National Standard for Data Breach Disclosure
Mar-12-14 Washington, DC The reality that finds more and more Americans conducting increasing transactions online, together with the existence of personal information parked and stored within various sources vulnerable to being hacked, suggests that data breaches will continue to be a growing threat. To that end, US Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. is on record... - Abogados de Comercio, contrato y negocios
Leyes de negocios se compone de normas, leyes, códigos y reglamentos que governan las relaciones comerciales. Abogados de negocios pueden ayudarle a conducir y la manejar de su empresa dentro de este marco jurídico. Litigacion de negocios puede incluir pleitos entre socios, colecciones, la mediación, el cumplimiento de los contratos,... - TJX Customer Information Stolen in Security Breach
Feb-6-07 Boston, MA TJX Cos. is in hot water after a class action lawsuit was filed January 29th in response to a security breach at the company. The lawsuit alleges that TJX did not properly secure customer credit and debit card information and accuses the company of not alerting customers to the security breach for a month. The suit seeks compensation for d... - If the Feds Can Get Hacked in a Data Breach, How Safe Are We?
Feb-4-16 Washington, DC: Mary Woo is just one of some 21.5 million Americans whom the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) estimate were affected in some way by a massive data breach that hit the OPM, and is considered the largest hack of its kind suffered by the US Government. Disgruntled plaintiffs - Mary Woo among them - who assumed the federal government... - Consumers Count on Corporations to Keep Their Data Secure
Mar-23-15 Washington, DC The $10 million preliminary settlement announced last week in the 2013 Target data breach , together with preceding settlements tied to prior data breaches affecting other retailers and organizations, signals corporate America’s willingness to settle in view of continuing thefts of and threats to a consumer’s personal informat... - Premera Data Breach Victim Facing False Tax Return Joins Premera Class Action
Jul-12-15 Tacoma, WA It’s one thing to have your personal information and data hacked with the potential for it to fall into the wrong hands. But when that person who is amongst the millions of Americans whose personal data was compromised works in the healthcare field, it introduces an entirely new set of potential problems and frustrations. Such is the case... - Unum's Role in Bankrupting Social Security
May-2-08 San Diego, CA In what is regarded as an industry-wide practice to nickel-and-dime Social Security even closer to the poorhouse, UnumProvident (now calledUnum) pestered a disability client to apply for Social Security Disability benefits, in an effort to get out of paying her fifty bucks a month. Fifty bucks. Jessica Oritz is a 27-year-old gas sta... - First Unum: Read the Fine Print
Mar-5-08 Baltimore, MD Imagine her dismay when Deborah Hamlet got a bill from First Unum , stating that she has to repay $64,000 of her long-term disability benefits because she collected social security benefits. "I read in my policy that once I received social security benefits, my Unum benefit would be reduced, not cut off," she says. Hamlet has repeatedly a... - Target Data Breach Class Action Gets Approval
Jan-24-15 St. Paul, MN A federal judge has given the okay for Target data breach lawsuits to go ahead as a class action. The lawsuits allege Target customers were harmed by a data breach from November 27 to December 15, 2013, that made their personal information vulnerable. Approximately 110 million Target customers may have been affected by the data breach. ... - Wendy’s Data Breach Bigger Than Thought
Jun-24-16 Columbus, OH: The Wendy's data breach may be much bigger than originally thought, according to reports. Unfortunately, Wendy’s so far isn’t giving a lot of information about how much bigger the breach is or where the stores involved are located. As a result, customers are left wondering if their personal information has been compromised in...