CASE WRITE-UP Case: Adobe Data Breach 1. About the Case On October 3‚ 2013‚ The Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States of America discovered that there was a cyber-attack on their network during its regular monitoring of security check. The hackers made it through breaking in to the network and stole the sensitive and personal data of the customers which includes encrypted credit and debit card information‚ illegal access of customer ID ’s and also source code of other various Adobe
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Data Breach Brandon Harvey CSIA 301-7381 August 8‚ 2012 Professor Abraham Bloom Abstract The ChoicePoint data breach occurred in 2005. This insider data breach brought to light how a company can still be vulnerable to having data stolen from its databases even without any type of hacking of their system. By not properly vetting request for new accounts and request for information led to the theft of over a hundred thousand records of people’s personal information. ChoicePoint Data Breach ChoicePoint
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BREACH OF CONTRACT 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Default of the debtor (Mora Debitoris) Default of the creditor (Mora Creditoris) Positive malperformance Repudiation Prevention of performance (rendering performance impossible) Default of the debtor (Mora Debitoris) Any obligation under a contract has a time limit for its performance‚ be it an agreed fixed period or in the absence thereof a reasonable period. If the debtor neglects or fails to perform timeously‚ he/she commits breach of contract. Lawyers then
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Breach of Contract BUS311: Business Law Instructor Katheryne Rogers 3/18/2011 Breach of Contract Breach of contract can happen by a party intentionally breaching the contract or because of unexpected delays. In this paper I will discuss the contract my brother had with an in home appliance sales company. My brother and his wife purchased all of their appliances for their new home from an appliance company. The written agreement was that payment for the appliances was to be made upon delivery
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Deirdre Mulligan‚ the faculty director at the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology. “[This] means the number of instances where we might have a breach is going up.” On the following pages‚ InsideCounsel takes a look at fallout from some major data breaches‚ recent legislative and regulatory developments in data privacy law and ways to prevent a data breach before it’s too late. Data Disasters A “global cyber fraud operation” sounds like something straight out of a James Bond movie. But when cyber
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Confidentiality is an essential component to the counseling process. It allows for the client to build a trustful relationship with the counselor. “ Counselors regard the promise of confidentiality to be essential for the development of client trust” (Glosoff & Pate‚ 2002). Most individuals that seek counseling services assume that what is discussed in the counseling sessions with the counselor will be kept in confidence with limited exceptions. These exceptions become a complex balancing act
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entitled‚ often held to include the right to life and liberty‚ freedom of thought and expression‚ and equality before the law. I would like to talk to you about privacy and confidentiality. Privacy: the quality or condition of being secluded from the presence or view of others. (http://www.answers.com/topic ) Confidentiality: Containing information whose unauthorized disclosure could be injurious to either
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seller at the time or observe how much they tried but all they will look for is if there is a breach in the contract and if there is‚ the seller is liable. Section 13 states that the goods must correspond to their sale description. This applies to both private and public transactions. As mentioned before‚ this section has strict liability attached to it; the court will be looking for whether there is a breach in a contract. However‚ the seller will have to prove that they relied on that description
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Confidentiality is the protection of personal information. Confidentiality means keeping a client’s information between you and the patient‚ and not telling others including friends and family. (Learning‚ n.d.). For example‚ the information about a child suffering from Cystic Fibrosis should not be disclosed to anyone other than the child and his/her parents. Confidentiality involves restricting patient’s information and not disclosing personal data of patients indiscriminately. For example‚ telling
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Breach of Fiduciary duty of director According to S.4(1) of Companies Act (CA) 1965‚ director includes any person occupying the position of director of a corporation by whatever name called and includes a person in accordance with those directions or instructions the directors of a corporation are accustomed to act and an alternate or substitute director. Directors have a fiduciary duty to the company which is duty to act in good faith in best interest of the company and act for a proper purpose
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