The Yahoo! class action over the 2013-2014 hacks, affecting 1 billion (later updated to 3 billion) accounts, is poised to settle for $85 million – and the provision of free credit monitoring services for 200 million account holders for 2 years. While $85 million may seem like a relative bargain compared to the $350 million Verizon … Continue Reading
This past Wednesday, the Senate Commerce Committee held another hearing on consumer data privacy, this time giving voice to prominent privacy advocates. Previous testimony in September from leading technology businesses focused on concerns with the complexity of having to comply with a patchwork of different state privacy regulations, broad definitions of “personal information” in the … Continue Reading
