Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

Your Data, Run Through A Beach House In Denmark

All the data the moves between one major U.S. terminal in New Jersey and a big European node in Denmark runs through one cable that terminates (or begins, depending on your point of view) in a nondescript brick building on the beach.

Sweeping California Data Privacy Law Heads Off Referendum

A digital privacy law that gives consumers more control over their personal information online raced through the state legislature unopposed, […]

Aggregator Coughs Up Its Cookies

Exacitis, a Florida-based data company that aggregates and sells personal information about individuals, has accidentally leaked its information. The data […]

Smart Devices Getting Hijacked By Domestic Abusers

An alarming trend is being reported by abuse victims and their advocates: Thermostats, doorbells, locks, speakers and other electronically-controlled devices […]

The Unresolved Enigma Of Kaspersky Labs

Accused of being a tool – possibly inadvertent – of Russian intelligence, and then blacklisted by U.S. officials, Moscow-based Kasperksy […]

Top Facebook Exec Out Over Data Misuse

Elliot Schrage, who oversaw marketing, communications and public policy for Facebook,  has resigned. Schrage devised the company’s response to Russian meddling in […]

Top GC Spook Delivers Manifesto On Cybersecurity And Privacy

The General Counsel of the National Security Agency had a hard message for conference attendees at a Georgetown Cybersecurity Law […]

Law Firm Goes Full CSI to Nail Guilty Tweeter

Who was behind the “burner” accounts on Twitter that defended Bryan Colangelo, president of basketball operations for the Philadelphia 76ers? […]

Cambridge Analytica Chief Defiant At Parliament Hearing

Alexander Nix, CEO of Cambridge Analytica until his suspension in March, reacted aggressively to accusations from British lawmakers that he […]

U.S. Unlikely To Move On Data Privacy Despite GDPR

When its new data privacy law went into effect May 25th the European Union cinched its status as the global […]

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