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Latest News in Cybersecurity & Privacy
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August 25, 2025
Advocate Orgs Ask DC Circ. To Stop IRS Sharing Info with ICE
Immigrant advocacy groups urged the D.C. Circuit to stop the IRS from sharing taxpayer addresses with immigration authorities, saying the court should consider the substance of their challenge to an unprecedented information sharing deal rather than toss their case on procedural grounds put forward by the government.
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August 25, 2025
NJ Court Upholds Most Claims In Judicial Privacy Suits
Lawsuits filed by a data privacy group representing judges, prosecutors and law enforcement officials may continue against companies and groups that published their home addresses and unlisted phone numbers after a New Jersey federal judge on Monday denied the defendants' motions to dismiss.
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August 22, 2025
Coder Gets 4 Years For 'Kill Switch' On Ex-Employer's System
A Texas-based software developer has been sentenced in Ohio federal court to four years in prison after an unsuccessful attempt at getting a new trial following his conviction for deploying a "kill switch" on his former employer's network.
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August 22, 2025
Chicago Schools, Tech Firm Can't Shake Student Privacy Suit
An Illinois federal judge has refused to release the Chicago Board of Education and one of its technology providers from a proposed class action accusing them of invading students' privacy by surreptitiously monitoring their communications through a higher education preparedness platform, allowing federal wiretap and other allegations to proceed while tossing a constitutional rights claim.
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August 22, 2025
Kroll Catches Class Suit Over Crypto Bankruptcy Data Breach
Kroll has been hit with a proposed class action in Texas federal court from an FTX creditor who says the claims and noticing agent should've done more to secure user data and notify claimants of key bankruptcy deadlines after it suffered a data breach that exposed creditors to a bevy of email attacks.

Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- Federal Communications Commission
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- POLICY & REGULATION
- Children’s Online Privacy Protections Act
- Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
- Cybersecurity Enhancement Act
- Cybersecurity Act of 2015
- Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
- Electronic Communications Privacy Act
- Fair Credit Reporting Act
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
- Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- Junk Fax Prevention Act
- Privacy Act of 1974
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- Telephone Consumer Protection Act
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- Data breach investigations
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- Disputes over data hacks and classified information leaks
- Cases involving the coverage of data-related liability
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- Personnel moves
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