Uber
faced a data breach in 2016 that affected some 57 million customers, including both riders and drivers, revealing their names, email address and phone numbers.
Paige Schaffer, President and COO of Generali Global Assistance's Identity and Digital Protection Services Global Unit, commented on today's news, «Generali Global Assistance is honored to alleviate issues
facing data breach and identity theft victims, as well as to be recognized once again with International Stevie Awards and our first Golden Bridge Awards.
Portland, OR: Uber is
facing a data breach class action lawsuit filed by a resident of Portland who alleges the ride share company was negligent in its safeguarding of customer data, resulting in a data breach in October 2016, in which hackers accessed and stole data from 57 million Uber customers and drivers.
Paige Schaffer, President and COO of Generali Global Assistance's Identity and Digital Protection Services Global Unit, commented on today's news, «Generali Global Assistance is honored to alleviate issues
facing data breach and identity theft victims, as well as to be recognized once again with International Stevie Awards and our first Golden Bridge Awards.
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Not exact matches
Zuckerberg apologised for the
data breach on Monday in a written testimony to US Congress, and will likely repeat that on Tuesday and Wednesday as he
faces congressional committees looking into Facebook's management and protection of user
data.
She will inherit a series of legal issues the ride - hail behemoth is continuing to grapple with: For instance, Uber is
facing fresh lawsuits over its
data breach earlier this year and dealt with a number of probes from the U.S. Department of Justice last year.
This week, the company
faced a congressional hearing over the summer's
data breach, and Uber is also still
facing government inquiries into its use of its «greyball» software and a myriad of other lawsuits.
Yahoo has been ordered by a federal judge to
face much of a lawsuit in the United States claiming that the personal information of all 3 billion users was compromised in a series of
data breaches.
Consequently, it would not just be the immediate repercussions that a school would
face if their
data security had been
breached.
Tech stocks slumped as multiple problem areas for the sector continued to be front - page news: (1) the continued blowback from the Facebook
data breach, (2) Tesla
facing scrutiny over a fatal accident involving one of its cars utilizing the autopilot function, and (3) President Trump's ongoing Twitter battle with Amazon.
In the
face of several recent major
data breaches and increasing consumer concern about payment security, MasterCard is putting in place new measures to protect cardholders.
In the
face of ever - escalating
data breaches, now is a good time to develop and implement a plan or to update an existing one.
Steps that might be taken include: A lawyer should obtain informed client consent for the use of the services; A lawyer should require the service provider to indemnify the lawyer for any claims the lawyer
faces as a result of using the service; and A lawyer should consider buying insurance on the commercial market to cover risks such as
data breaches.
As Equifax Inc. continues to
face fallout from the massive
data breach announced earlier this year, the consumer credit reporting company has selected one of its in - house attorneys to oversee its response to the disaster, reports the American Lawyer on law.com.
Faced with misleading press stories, the ICO has been addressing misconceptions about the GDPR by publishing myth busting blogs, including on the new requirement to report serious
breaches of personal
data...
«The last thing a firm wants is to be
faced with an outage while they deal with a
data breach,» says Matt Duncan, CEO, NetDocuments.
This article discusses some of the more recent securities fraud and derivative actions arising from
data breaches, and highlights why parties have
faced difficulties in pursuing those claims.
A matrimonial attorney and her firm are
facing a malpractice suit in state Superior Court in Morris County, New Jersey, after litigation over a divorce was disrupted by a
data breach.
The first edition of the handbook was developed by the ABA Cybersecurity Legal Task Force in response to what the task force saw as general unawareness about the cyber risks
faced by law firms, and the benefits of sharing information about
data -
breach incidents with law enforcement and other businesses.
The exposure businesses can
face in the event of a
data breach include direct and cross-claims relating to costs incurred to investigate and mitigate damages that could be attributed to the
breach, indemnification from individual or class action lawsuits filed against the business by employees or customers, and penalties for violations of government regulations.
This flies in the
face of the Unique Identification Authority of India's (UIDAI — the agency responsible for building and maintaining the Aadhaar database) assertion from last November that Aadhaar
data is completely «safe and secure and there has been no
data leak or
breach at UIDAI.»
The Facebook CEO is set to appear before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and
face questions about the recent revelation of a massive
data breach.
Meanwhile, Credit Suisse analysts Stephen Ju and Phillip Wang said the risks imposed by the Cambridge Analytica fallout were already priced into Facebook's stock given that without this
data breach, Facebook would have
faced revenue growth pressures and a struggle improving consumer engagement.
Facebook is already
facing mounting pressure over its highly - publicized Cambridge Analytica
data breach.
In related news, Facebook could be
facing possible criminal sanctions in Indonesia as police in that country investigate if it
breached privacy laws by allowing
data of Indonesian users to be improperly shared.
Of course we asked Facebook why it pushed back against the DPC's recommendation in September 2012 — and whether it regrets not acting more swiftly to implement the changes to its APIs, given the crisis its business is now
faced having
breached user trust by failing to safeguard people's
data.
Mark Zuckerberg has said Facebook is enhancing its security features to ensure the integrity of upcoming key elections in countries like India on its platform, as the social media giant
faced flak over a major
data breach scandal by a British firm linked to Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
Mark Zuckerberg's massive social network has
faced plenty of criticism in 2018 thanks to a
data breach that had a hand in people like Elon Musk leaving the platform.
Facebook, which has over two billion users globally, including over 200 million in India, had
faced backlash on the
data scandal issue, prompting Zuckerberg to issue an apology for the «major
breach of trust», and promising to take steps to protect user
data.
He continued to say that giants like Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Google, and Netflix have had
faced glitches when it comes to
data breaches and loss of user trust.
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Facebook is
facing investigation from organizations around the world, including the US Federal Trade Commission and the British Information Commissioner's Office, but Zuckerberg chose not to comment on any third - party investigations — instead focusing on what Facebook itself is doing to avoid future
data loss — or identify any other
breaches that have already happened.
Cook told Recode last week that he would never be in the situation that Zuckerberg has found himself in,
facing backlash for the massive Cambridge Analytica
data breach.
India is
facing the one of the worst financial
data breaches of all time!