Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

Social Business Boom Brings Legal Obligations

New kinds of communications platforms have emerged, allowing organizations to improve business performance by way of direct engagement with customers, […]

Shoppers Sue Retailers For Zip Code Requests

At least 25 Massachusetts retailers who asked customers for their zip codes—a common practice to determine demographics or deduce home […]

Microsoft Outlook Hacked In China

Just weeks after banning Google’s Gmail system, an online censorship watchdog says China has hacked Microsoft’s Outlook email. GreatFire.org said […]

Congress Finally Renews Terror Insurance, But With New Requirements

After a delay that alarmed many – passage was held up in December by now retired Senator Tom Coburn of […]

FTC Warns Companies On “Internet Of Things”

The chair of the Federal Trade Commission, Edith Ramirez, in a speech at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show in Las […]

Report: Risk Officers, Insurers Play Central Role In Boosting Cybersecurity

Traditional approaches to IT are no longer sufficient to ward off a sophisticated hack, the CRO Forum states in its […]

Obama Looks To Toughen Cyber Crime

Cyber crimes would be subject to new enforcement tools, and carry tougher penalties, under a proposal the Obama Administration introduced […]

McAfee Predicts 2015’s Top Cyber Threats

A report from McAfee Labs looks back at 2014, calling it “the year of shaken trust,” and identifies what it […]

Cybersecurity Recommendations From Merchant-Banker Trade Group

The Merchant Financial Cyber Partnership, a consortium of trade groups in the financial and retail sectors, has issued a set […]

Washington AG Looks To Boost Cybersecurity In 2015

Noting that identity thieves are using increasingly sophisticated methods to hack consumer databases and steal financial information, Washington Attorney General […]

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