Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Best Practices For Law Firms

A recent meeting of legal and technology professionals came up with five best practices for enhancing law firm cybersecurity. Warning: […]

Appeals Court Ponders 1984 Computer Fraud Law

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is being asked to revisit the government’s use of the 1984 Computer Fraud and […]

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Hacker, Heroin Plotter Faces Cybercrime Charges

A Ukrainian hacker who once hatched a plot to have heroin sent to Cybersecurity blogger Brian Krebs’ Virginia home and […]

Insurer Data-Breach Survey: What Happened, How, And What It Cost

The study was based on information provided by insurers who, without naming the insured parties, provided their most recent claims information…

Chicken Farm Doesn’t Cut It As Document Shredder

A privacy official in Canada has ruled that a nursing home’s contract with a chicken farm violates Canada’s Health Information […]

SCOTUS Opines: Do Cops Need Warrant To See Hotel Records?

A group of hotel owners challenged a Los Angeles ordinance requiring them to collect personal information about patrons and turn it over to on request…

Getting Data Out Of Europe After The “Schrems” Decision

The Court of Justice of the European Union’s Oct. 6 decision invalidated the Safe Harbor framework for transferring data from […]

Judge Opens Privacy Debate Over Smartphone Encryption

Last week, a federal judge in New York released an order asking tech giant Apple whether a government warrant seeking […]

Dow Jones Reveals Hack

The personal and payment information of about 3,500 Dow Jones & Co. subscribers was exposed in a recent hack, the […]

Smartphone Passcodes Can Take The 5th

In an insider trading case mounted by the SEC, the agency wanted access to the two defendants’ company-issued cell phones, […]

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