Tag Archives: data privacy

District of New Jersey Further Defines the Evolving Boundaries of Injury-in-Fact After Spokeo

By Sammantha Tillotson on June 21, 2017 Posted in Data Breach

On June 6, 2017, in Kamal v. J. Crew Grp, Inc., No. CV 2:15-0190, 2017 WL 2443062 (D.N.J. June 6, 2017), the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey dismissed a plaintiff’s second attempt to assert a claim for violations of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) for lack of … Continue Reading

Blood Bank Data Breach Class Action Settlement Preliminarily Approved by California District Court Judge

By Tina Amin on February 20, 2013 Posted in Class Certification, Data Breach, Settlements

In Johansson-Dohrmann v. CBR Systems, Inc. et al, No. 3:12-cv-01115 (S.D. Cal., filed May 7, 2012), the latest data privacy class action to reach settlement, Judge Michael M. Anello on February 5, 2013 granted preliminary approval of a proposed class settlement in a federal class action suit brought by a client of a blood bank … Continue Reading

Call Centers Increasingly Targeted in Class Action Lawsuits for Statutory Penalties Under Decades-Old California Law

By Paul Karlsgodt on October 23, 2012 Posted in Data Breach

Editor’s Note – This article is a joint submission to the Baker Hostetler Class Action Lawsuit Defense Blog and Data Privacy Monitor. Be sure to check out the Data Privacy Monitor for the latest news, trends, and analysis on data privacy issues. Companies that provide call center services to consumers are increasingly being targeted in class action … Continue Reading

Courts Preliminarily Approve Settlements in Netflix and Blockbuster Video Privacy and Protection Act Class Actions

By Erica Gann Kitaev on August 10, 2012 Posted in Data Breach

Editor’s Note – This article is a joint submission to the Baker Hostetler Class Action Lawsuit Defense Blog and Data Privacy Monitor. Be sure to check out the Data Privacy Monitor for the latest news, trends, and analysis on data privacy issues. Two Federal District Courts recently approved settlements in two significant class actions brought … Continue Reading

DPPA Does Not Prohibit Bulk Obtainment of Motor Vehicle Records

By Erica Gann Kitaev on May 5, 2012 Posted in Data Breach

Editor’s Note – This article is a joint submission to the Baker Hostetler Class Action Lawsuit Defense Blog and Data Privacy Monitor. Be sure to check out the Data Privacy Monitor for the latest news, trends, and analysis on data privacy issues. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a purported … Continue Reading