Data breaches continue to fuel major media bonfires, CEOs are resigning, and the FTC is gaining ground in becoming the data-protection enforcers on behalf of consumers and business customers. Now in the wake of the Ashley Madison, Neiman Marcus, and Home Depot cyber-attacks, critical court decisions are occurring that will may raise protection standards and increase corporate liability. The smoke signal arising from the judicial system last month was the Third Circuit’s ruling affirming the data security authority of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in Federal Trade Commission v. Wyndham Worldwide Corp.
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Defending Your Security Program: The FTC, Breach Class Actions, and You
Data breaches continue to fuel major media bonfires, CEOs are resigning, and the FTC is gaining ground in becoming the data-protection enforcers on behalf of consumers and business customers. Now in the wake of the Ashley Madison, Neiman Marcus, and Home Depot cyber-attacks, critical court decisions are occurring that will may raise protection standards and increase corporate liability. The smoke signal arising from the judicial system last month was the Third Circuit’s ruling affirming the data security authority of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in Federal Trade Commission v. Wyndham Worldwide Corp.
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