Yahoo Sues Chubb Unit Over Potential EU Data Privacy Fines

Yahoo Inc. is suing a Chubb Ltd. unit seeking insurance coverage over potential regulatory fines for violating the EU’s data privacy law.

An insurance policy issued to Yahoo’s former parent company, Verizon Communications Inc., should cover any fines or amounts awarded against it in proceedings before the Irish Data Privacy Commission, Yahoo said in a complaint filed Tuesday in the Delaware Superior Court.

The Irish DPC issued a preliminary draft decision in 2022, finding that subsidiary Yahoo EMEA Ltd. had violated the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation from August 2019 to August 2020 and stating its intention to issue ...