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NJ to Get $3.75 Million Share of Uber Data Breach Settlement

The settlement is the result of a multistate investigation that found Uber paid hackers $100,000 to conceal the breach, which exposed the names, email addresses, and cellphone numbers of 57 million users.
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Legaltech News

The American GDPR? Privacy Gurus Discuss Future Federal Data Law in DC

Privacy experts from Google, Twitter, AT&T and other companies gathered on Capitol Hill today to talk about what a federal privacy law would look like.
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The Recorder

Uber Agrees to Pay $148 Million to States Over Major 2016 Data Breach

The settlement, which includes $26 million for California, is the result of a multistate investigation that found Uber paid hackers $100,000 to conceal the breach, which exposed the names, email addresses, and cellphone numbers of 57 million users.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Due $5.7M From $148M Nationwide Settlement With Uber Over Data Breach

The settlement, which includes $5.7 million for Pennsylvania, is the result of a multistate investigation that found Uber paid hackers $100,000 to conceal the breach, which exposed the names, email addresses and cellphone numbers of 57 million users.
5 minute read

Law.com

Compliance Hot Spots: Who's Mad About the SEC's Proposed Whistleblower Changes? | DOJ Wants to Shorten Merger Reviews | Who Got the Work & Much More

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is weighing proposed changes to the agency's whistleblower program—here's some of the early commentary. Plus: DOJ eyes reducing merger-review times, and scroll down for Who Got the Work. Thanks for reading Compliance Hot Spots.
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Law.com

Retail Leads the Way in Data Breaches -- Here's How to Protect Your Customers

If 2017 was considered the “year of the data breach” as the number of incidents hit a new record high of 1,579, 2018 might get even more serious. Just a little more than halfway through 2018, the number and scale of data breaches that have already been reported is staggering.
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Legaltech News

Jenner & Block Privacy, Cybersecurity Leader Jumps to Davis Wright Tremaine

Nancy Libin was the Justice Department's chief privacy and civil liberties officer during the Obama administration before chairing the data privacy and cybersecurity practice at Jenner & Block.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Glassdoor Urges Texas Justices to Protect Online Anonymity

Major internet technology companies and advocates were backing Glassdoor's arguments urging the Texas Supreme Court, which heard argument Wednesday, to protect the anonymity of online reviews.
4 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Kavanaugh Controversy Takes Its Toll | Test Your SCOTUS Knowledge | Thomas on Privacy

The Brett Kavanaugh controversy was looming in the backdrop of a recent Supreme Court event featuring top practitioners. Plus, on a lighter note, how good is your SCOTUS history? Team Madison squared off with Team Jefferson. And Justice Thomas questions the origin of "expectation of privacy." Welcome to Supreme Court Brief.
9 minute read

The Recorder

Google, Twitter Among Companies Accused of Keeping Tabs on Kids' Data

New Mexico AG Hector Balderas filed a lawsuit that alleges the tech companies are using algorithms to monitor children's web activity for marketing.
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