Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

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 […]

European Privacy Lawyer, Scourge Of Silicon Valley, Makes Good On Lawsuit Threats

Austrian lawyer Peter Schrems was early on to lax privacy protections by Facebook and has been credited with helping to […]

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