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Mounting crises at LVMH following data breach and Loro Piana labour allegations

August is traditionally when the fashion world exhales. With production halted, factories shuttered, and ateliers dimmed across Paris, Milan, and Rome, the industry slips into a heat-induced siesta. The only thing more predictable than a Riviera Instagram post is the chorus of auto-reply emails. But if you're LVMH, there's no such thing as...

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How to manage privacy risks and customer impact following a data breach like Dior's

French luxury fashion house Dior recently confirmed that it was the victim of a data breach last week in a message sent to those affected, which saw the personal information of some of its customers compromised. The incident saw an unauthorized party access part of the client data bases LVHM-owned brand, exposing customers’ names, mobile phone...

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Update: Adidas’ data breach

The giant athletic apparel group warned late Thursday that hackers might have stolen personal information from its US website. Adidas is currently working with data security firms and law enforcement to remediate the hack’s damages. “Adidas today announced that it is alerting certain consumers who purchased on adidas.com/US about a potential...