This Essay argues that, in the context of online data breaches, these doctrines hinder consumers from receiving full monetary compensation and do not adequately safeguard privacy rights. For example, courts frequently dismiss consumers’ suits against online service providers for lack of standing, which results in consumers bearing the cost for damages that the providers were in a position to prevent. This Essay argues that the Supreme Court should relax the standing doctrine’s “imminent harm” requirement and permit consumers to sue providers for mitigation damages. In addition, the Court should abandon the longstanding principle that citizens lose all privacy protections in personal information voluntarily given to third parties. Relatedly,...
Data breaches are becoming a norm in modern life. Every year it seems that bigger and bigger attacks...
As government and private companies rapidly expand the infrastructure of surveillance from cameras o...
Through the standing doctrine, the U.S. Supreme Court has taken a new step toward severely limiting ...
This Essay argues that, in the context of online data breaches, these doctrines hinder consumers fro...
Data breaches are on the rise as consumers continue to exchange personally identifiable information ...
Every day, another hacker gains unauthorized access to information, be it credit card data from groc...
In data breach cases, the lower federal courts have split on the question of whether the plaintiffs ...
As the number of data breaches continues to rise in the United States, so does the amount of data br...
The increasing digitalization of our personal and professional lives has generated corresponding gro...
In data breach cases, the plaintiff typically alleges that the defendant used inadequate computer se...
Following a data breach, consumers suffer an increased risk of identity theft because of the exposur...
Despite the increasing amount of data breaches, there is no liability for parties who do not adequat...
In lawsuits about data breaches, the issue of harm has confounded courts. Harm is central to whether...
Part I of this Note will examine the history of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the basics of Article...
The recent proliferation of data breaches is one such event requiring a rethreading of standing doct...
Data breaches are becoming a norm in modern life. Every year it seems that bigger and bigger attacks...
As government and private companies rapidly expand the infrastructure of surveillance from cameras o...
Through the standing doctrine, the U.S. Supreme Court has taken a new step toward severely limiting ...
This Essay argues that, in the context of online data breaches, these doctrines hinder consumers fro...
Data breaches are on the rise as consumers continue to exchange personally identifiable information ...
Every day, another hacker gains unauthorized access to information, be it credit card data from groc...
In data breach cases, the lower federal courts have split on the question of whether the plaintiffs ...
As the number of data breaches continues to rise in the United States, so does the amount of data br...
The increasing digitalization of our personal and professional lives has generated corresponding gro...
In data breach cases, the plaintiff typically alleges that the defendant used inadequate computer se...
Following a data breach, consumers suffer an increased risk of identity theft because of the exposur...
Despite the increasing amount of data breaches, there is no liability for parties who do not adequat...
In lawsuits about data breaches, the issue of harm has confounded courts. Harm is central to whether...
Part I of this Note will examine the history of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the basics of Article...
The recent proliferation of data breaches is one such event requiring a rethreading of standing doct...
Data breaches are becoming a norm in modern life. Every year it seems that bigger and bigger attacks...
As government and private companies rapidly expand the infrastructure of surveillance from cameras o...
Through the standing doctrine, the U.S. Supreme Court has taken a new step toward severely limiting ...