Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Companies Hiring Military Experts

March 15, 2016

Former high level military experts are being tapped by private cybersecurity companies in order to improve their product, says an […]

Health Apps Are Selling User Data

March 15, 2016

By “flying under the radar” and putting out convoluted privacy policies that users don’t understand, small health-app providers are able to get away with routinely collecting and selling consumer personal health information.

Twitter Tells Widow It Isn’t Liable For Terrorist Communication

March 14, 2016

A widow has filed a suit alleging that Twitter is liable for creating the platform that allowed terrorists to plot […]

Hacker Goes Snowden On Academia, Releases Millions Of Research Papers

March 14, 2016

A hacker from Kazakhstan has protested the skyrocketing prices of scientific journals by releasing millions of research studies free on […]

Sharp Slap On The Wrist To Verizon Over “Supercookies”

March 10, 2016

The FCC has reached a settlement with Verizon Wireless over so-called “supercookies,” used to track consumer’s internet habits which were […]

A Roadmap To “Reasonable” Cyber Protection

March 8, 2016

A report issued by the attorney general of California defines what constitutes minimum standards of “reasonable security” for personal information […]

What Are Your Soft Targets For A Cyber Attack?

March 7, 2016

Based on analysis of cyber attack patterns in 2015,, a report from Hewlett Packard Enterprise predicts likely trends in attacks […]

DOJ Wants To Keep Twitter Quiet

March 4, 2016

Twitter’s court battle against the Justice Department is heating up, with the government seeking to keep the social media network […]

Confronting Your Digital Estate Plan

March 2, 2016

Some options are becoming institutionalized, by law and by way of voluntary arrangements through providers, but it’s piecemeal. What’s at […]

New Patent: Links In Emails Become Grist For A Google Algorithm

March 2, 2016

Google has panted a system called “Encouraging Conversation in a Social Network.” It activates when someone sends an email that […]

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