The Breach

Almost a month after students and faculty at UCF were notified about a security breach causing 63,000 Social Security numbers to be stolen, Hack@UCF is offering advice on identity theft protection and mitigation. Their meetings are every Friday at 4:30 p.m. in Engineering 2 Room 102 at UCF’s Main Campus. Hack@UCF has stated that they will host a Town Hall meeting in cooperation with UCF on identity theft protection and mitigation. A date has yet to set. Johnathan Haas, the social media…

they quickly move from the area of being identified as obstacles to being considered damages. With that being said, punitive damages are “generally not awarded in an action for breach of contract,” according to Roger Miller. As many people prefer to be refunded or reimbursed for the dilemma which occur during the breach of a contract, punitive damages on the other hand are more beneficial for punishing the wrongdoer instead. Roger Miller goes on the say that “punitive…

Hadley v. Baxendale demonstrates an example of a buyer denied relief due to special circumstances. The plaintiffs, Hadley, operated as millers in Gloucester Assizes. On May 11th, production halted due to a break in the crank shaft. The plaintiffs hired the defendants, Baxendale, to deliver the broken shaft to the engineers in Greenwich whom had originally manufactured the machinery. The broken shaft was to act as a pattern for the construction of a new shaft. The defendants agreed to collect the…

case Shawton Engineering Ltd v DGP International Ltd (2006) BLR 1 shows what should employer do and the contractor liability. Since it is breach of contract when the contractor delays the completion, the employer can issue notice for the contractor. The notice will not go into effect until the contractor delay the construction work. If the contractor is in breach of contract, the employer can terminate the contract or claim from contractor. It is very common practice to mention in the contract…

TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT BY FRUSTRATION Doctrine of Frustration A contract of employment can be terminated (1) on grounds of performance or expiry, (2) by agreement, (3) due to an evident fundamental breach, as well as (4) on basis of frustration. An employment contract may be said to have been frustrated and brought to an end when an unforeseen supervening event occurs that renders the performance of the contractual obligations practically impossible or illegal. Destruction of…

awarded. It has been regulated that plaintiff must evidence the loss or damage was caused by the breach of contract otherwise the defendant is not liable to pay. ‘But for’ test reflects the conclusion in this situation. K’s car would have not been crashed if A gave the due care while he was parking K’s car and K would have not needed to use alternative transport during six months but for the ESC’s breach of the due care term of the contract. For the remoteness, this is then an issue as to…

breaches at large companies such as Target, Sony, Ebay, P.F. Chang’s, Domino’s pizza and many many more (McGregor, 2014). According to ITRC, 2015, “The number of U.S. data breaches tracked in 2014 hit a record high of 783 in 2014.” (para. 1) When a data breach occurs it means that sensitive data has been viewed, stolen or otherwise used by party that did not have authorization to that data. Data breaches have become so commonplace that it is more common to have been breached than to not. It is…

average cost of a typical data breach is $5.4 million in the United States? A data breach can take a toll on a company of any size and consumers alike, which is why it is so important for both consumers and companies to take necessary precautions to reduce the risk of breaches. Security Breaches have a compound impact on both consumers and businesses. Consumers shop with companies under the faith that their personal information will be protected. When a security breach occurs, the consumer…

Facebook Breach The recent breach in Facebook’s server system has created a huge impact on the business world. Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has been facing a lot of heat behind the misuse and mishandling of over fifty million Facebook users’ data. In short, a third-party app, known as the personality quiz app, harvested personal data from questionnaires that were shared over Facebook’s server system. The third-party app then proceeded to sell the data to the political data firm, Cambridge…

indeed the defendant was negligent, he needs to prove that the defendant owed him duty of care that is the question of whether the defendant had knowledge. If that is proved, then the claimant should prove that the defendant was in breach of that duty and that the breach of duty caused damage. Let us take for instance the case of Caparo v Dickman (1990). Caparo Industries purchased shares in Fidelity Plc in reliance of the accounts which misstated that the company had made a pre-tax profit of…