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10/28/2020 Compliance

Ask Our VP of Compliance: October 2020

Private Cybersecurity Lawsuits

 

Question: What liability do we have to individuals in a private lawsuit if there is a data breach?

 

A company can be privately liable to an individual or individuals in a number of ways deriving ultimately from “common law” court made laws, or “statutes” enacted by Federal or State legislatures.