Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

The End Of “Regulatory Exceptionalism” For Silicon Valley

Regulators seemed to accept what  John Perry Barlow proclaimed in his widely quoted Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace, in 1996: “Governments […]

Biggest Law Firm Security Risks Are Inside

There is no point in putting up a fence if the problem is already inside the fence. That’s the starting […]

Tech Regulation Will Stifle Start-Ups

A push is on to expand regulation of tech companies, but Simon Johnson, a former chief economist of the IMF, […]

Appeals Court Eases Robocall Rules, And The Calls Keep Coming

“Proving once again that technology moves much faster than the law,” the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down significant parts of…

Data-Gathering Backlash Brewing

Writing in The Verge, Alexandra Samuel, a former online marketer, discusses the kind of questionable data-gathering tactics that were an […]

The Austrian Lawyer Who Took On Facebook

Attorney Max Schrems got interested in the privacy issue while attending college as an exchange student at Santa Clara University. […]

Congress, SEC, Moving On Cybersecurity

One of the few bipartisan acts to be introduced in Congress recently is the Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2017-18 (S.536). […]

Facebook Legal Takes A Media Hit

In a New York Times article about alleged misuse of the Facebook platform by Russian operatives, the slant is clearly […]

Yahoo Settlement Underlines Board Vulnerability

The email breach that exposed the personal information of 1.5 billion Yahoo users did not trigger a big drop in […]

What Is “Reasonable” Notification After A Breach?

A growing number of states have laws that mandate timely notification after a data breach, but these laws are short […]

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