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August

23
2024
Industry News

VeriSource Services Announces Data Breach Affecting 55k Clients’ Employees

On August 21, 2024, VeriSource Services, Inc. (“VSI”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Texas after discovering that an unauthorized party was able to access information in the company’s possession.

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August

23
2024
Compliance

CFPB Enhances Consumer Protection in the Buy Now, Pay Later Market

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is taking significant steps to promote transparency and fairness in the financial market, particularly in the growing Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) sector. By clarifying how existing laws apply to new financial products, the CFPB aims to foster innovation while ensuring that consumer rights are protected.

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August

23
2024
Compliance

Are Data Practice Risk Assessments at Risk in the US?

We have previously reported on the requirements, including mandatory risk assessments, of the California Age Appropriate Design Code Act, (CAADCA or Act) and that the Act was enjoined by the federal District Court as likely a violation of the publisher’s free speech rights under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

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August

23
2024
Strategy

Chaos Engineering: AWS Chief Technologist on Preparing for the Unexpected

Practice makes perfect, as the adage goes, even when you’re practicing failure. That’s a rough approximation of how Amazon Web Services practices operational resilience. Other companies may try and even succeed at proactively stopping business disruption. At AWS, practicing disruption is part of the culture.

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August

22
2024
Industry News

SCARY WIN: Anton Ewing Nets Over $78k On a TCPA Default Judgment Over Just 13 Calls with a New CIPA/TCPA Theory That’s Pretty Terrifying

“Imagine that” That’s all his email sent as he forwarded an ecf notification of the default judgment. Anton Ewing is obviously quite pleased with his handiwork in his latest TCPA/CIPA victory over a defendant who did not show up to defend herself.

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