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Washington new credit card data breach liability law
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- May 7 2010
Washington Governor Christine Gregoire recently signed HB 1149 into law
Massachusetts Supreme Court affirms dismissal of data breach claims brought against retailer by financial institutions
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- March 3 2010
Recently, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts upheld two lower court decisions dismissing, on separate motions to dismiss and for summary judgment, a number of claims brought by credit unions against a retailer in connection with a breach of debit and credit card data
District of Maine certifies question of what constitutes “cognizable injury” from data breach to Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- November 11 2009
Last month, the United States District Court for the District of Maine certified a question of law to the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine regarding the issue of what constitutes cognizable injury to a consumer in a case stemming from the alleged theft of credit card data, a question of great signficance in the relatively new field of data security law
PCI compliance survey finds companies need improvement
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- October 2 2009
The Ponemon Institute recently published a survey on Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards ("PCI DSS") compliance
Financial Services Authority punishes failure to protect confidential customer information with hefty fines
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- July 27 2009
On 22 July 2009 three HSBC companies: HSBC Life UK Ltd; HSBC Actuaries and Consultants Ltd; and HSBC Insurance Brokers Ltd, were fined £1.6m, £875,000, and £700,000 respectively by the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA
