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Ephemerallaw: One perennial problem plaguing plaintiffs pursuing privacy protective pleadings is the difficulty in showing damages. When people have gone to court to try and obtain compensation from companies who exposed their personal data in a security breach incident (e.g., DSW Shoe, TJX, etc…)

Presto Vivace sends news of a server found by security firm Finjin that contained a 1.4-GB cache of stolen data, accumulated over a period of less than a month from compromised PCs around the world. The "crimeserver," as Finjin dubs it, "provided command and control functions for malware attacks in addition to being a drop site for data harvested from compromised computers...

Privacy and Security Law Blog: By Hozaifa Cassubhai A massive data breach at an East coast supermarket chain compromised up to 4.2 million credit and debit cards earlier in March, leading to 1,800 cases of fraud arising as far away as Mexico, Italy and Bulgaria. Recently, the Hannaford Bros.

"BT has admitted that it secretly used customer data to test Phorm's advertising targeting technology last summer, and that it covered it up when customers and The Register raised questions over the suspicious redirects.The national telecoms provider now faces legal action... read more

10,000 unlucky folks are facing the idea today that their information from social security numbers, to college accounts and some medical information has been accessed by hackers.