Law firm Riley Pope & Laney LLC failed to protect the sensitive data of more than 7,000 individuals who didn’t do business with the firm and never consented to it storing their data, according to a federal class action.
By failing to disclose the August 2024 data breach in a timely manner the firm violated the South Carolina Data Breach Security Act, according to the complaint filed Feb. 24 in the US District Court for the District of South Carolina.
RPL specializes in corporate and employer clients including in banking and commercial transactions, requiring the firm to oversee personally identifying ...
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