Landmark FTC Win Fuels Uncertainty For Data Breach Targets

By Allison Grande (April 8, 2014, 9:40 PM EDT) -- A federal court for the first time on Monday explicitly declared that the Federal Trade Commission has the authority to bring lawsuits against companies over allegedly lax data security practices, but the lack of direction it provided on what constitutes "reasonable" safeguards will leave companies struggling to avoid the emboldened regulator's wrath....

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