Cell phones are an integral part of everyday life, so integral that when you feel for your phone in your pocket and notice it is missing, you may have a moment of panic. They act as a camera, watch, navigation system, and can help you quickly solve a debate with a Google search, easily conducted …

If your business has not considered liability insurance for data breaches before now, now is the time. From small mom and pop shops to publicly traded entities, nearly all businesses are electronically storing some type of confidential information—be it employees’ social security numbers and dates of birth or customers’ credit card numbers. And while you …

The Equifax data breach has and will have significant long-term ramifications for data security practices and personal privacy. Understanding how the Equifax data breach occurred and the type of data compromised is crucial to understanding the consequences of this breach. Reason for the Data Breach Based on available information, it appears that the hackers were …

Jaffe participated in the production of a video with the Institute for Continuing Legal Education (“ICLE”) on Data Privacy in Sports Marketing. Please check out this preview video: ICLE: Data Privacy in Sports Marketing–Preview Video

Alleging a “mere statutory violation” is not sufficient to confer Article III standing for a federal cause of action according to a recent ruling of the United States Supreme Court in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, __ the U.S. __, 136 S.Ct. 1540 (2016), in the context of an alleged violation of the Fair Credit Reporting …

Whether we like it or not, whether we adopt similar legislation in the U.S. or not, the stringent requirements of the General Data Protection Regulations (“GDPR”) are coming and the requirements are becoming a boilerplate language in U.S. contracts.  This will impact businesses as it relates to their operations, contract negotiations and, eventually, exposure to …