Bill raising the bar for class-action suits in data breach incidents advances – DataBreaches.net

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Rural Radio reports:
A measure that would raise the bar for filing class-action lawsuits in state courts against private entities that suffer a cybersecurity breach has received first round approval in the Nebraska Legislature.
Lawmakers spent a considerable amount of floor debate Tuesday and today discussing LB 241, which would require willful, wanton, or gross negligence on the part of a private entity for the filing of such actions, instead of the lower standard of ordinary negligence in the case of losses suffered.
Read more at Rural Radio.
Raising the bar wouldn’t necessarily be a bad thing if it was a companion to imposing stronger cybersecurity demands on entities. But to just raise the bar on lawsuits without greater demands for security will not serve the public well.
 
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