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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules that retailers may be sued for wrongful use of customer zip codes recorded during credit card sales

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
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  • March 14 2013

May I have your zip code?" is an all-too-familiar question that may be going the way of the dinosaur in Massachusetts. Many retailers commonly ask

Zip code as personal information: the Massachusetts round 2

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
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  • March 12 2013

Yesterday, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ("SJC") ruled that zip codes constitute "personal identification information" under G.L.c. 93

The tale of two banks: final settlement in Maine bank security practices case and a failure of bank security procedures in Florida

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
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  • December 5 2012

People’s United Bank of Maine has agreed to pay about $ 390,000 to settle a claim that its security practices allowed unauthorized persons to withdraw funds from a construction company’s account (Patco Construction Co. v. People’s United Bank, D. Me., No. 09-503, agreed dismissal filed 111912

US legislative cybersecurity update

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
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  • April 17 2012

Monday, April 23, will begin Cyber Week, during which up to six different bills that focus on various aspects of cybersecurity may be considered on the House floor

Invasion of personal privacy tort comes to Canada

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • Canada
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  • February 6 2012

In a significant decision by the Ontario Court of Appeal, (Jones v. Tsige, 2012 ONCA 32), the Court of Appeal recognized for the first time in the province of Ontario, a distinct right of action for invasion of personal privacy or “intrusion on seclusion”