It's going to happen more and more, especially when deemed highly preventable.
*ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> *Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market...* On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9247017/Court_approves_first_of_its_kind_data_breach_settlement > > By Jaikumar Vijayan > Computerworld > March 17, 2014 > > Courts have generally tended to dismiss consumer class-action lawsuits > filed against companies that suffer data breaches if victims can't > show that the the breach directly caused a financial hit. > > A federal court in Florida broke the mold by approving a $3 million > settlement for victims of a data breach in which personal health > information was exposed when multiple laptops containing the > unencrypted data were stolen. > > The Dec. 2009 theft of laptops belonging to AvMed, a Florida-based > health insurer, exposed the patient records of tens of thousands of > its customers. Several victimes later filed a putative class action > lawsuit against AvMed. > > The plaintiffs suffered no direct losses or identity theft from the > breach but nevertheless accused AvMed of negligence, breach of > contract, breach of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment. > > [...] > > >
