What Chicago Public Schools Can Teach About Determining Breach Liability
A former contractor at Chicago Public Schools allegedly stole data pertaining to volunteers, vendors and staff. Determining where the liability falls between school and contractor isn't always cut and dry.
November 09, 2018 at 11:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Legal Tech News
Detention is probably not going to cut it this time around. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, a former Chicago Public Schools contractor named Kristi Sims stands accused of stealing data pertaining to 80,000 employees, volunteers and vendors from a school database.
The case illustrates the complexity of the client/vendor relationship, specifically when it comes to accountability following the exposure of personal data. Determining where the liability may fall could depend as much on pre-existing contracts as it does any kind of state law.
“The CPS incident brings up a lot of best practices because we see this a lot with respect to schools, with respect health care facilities, with respect to all businesses that hold this identifiable data. They're working with vendors every day,” said Valerie Montague, a privacy professional and a partner with Nixon Peabody.
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