Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

FTC Asleep On “Big Data” Regulation?

January 19, 2016

An LA Times columnist looks at a recent Federal Trade Commission report about the implications of “big data” and finds it…

A Close Look At The New Cybersecurity Act

January 13, 2016

Title I is most relevant to companies, and this post takes a close look at what it says.

Journalist Who Aided Hacker Group Fights 7 Year Prison Sentence

January 13, 2016

A journalist who aided hacker group Anonymous in defacing the Los Angeles Times’ website in 2010 is fighting a probation […]

Hackers Compromise ‘The Force Awakens’ Droid

January 12, 2016

One of the more popular product tie-ins to “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” is a miniature remote-controlled toy of the […]

States That Require An Employee Info Privacy Statement

January 12, 2016

Five states now require employers to have an internal privacy policy that governs their ability to disclose some forms of […]

Biggest Cyber Hack Ever Said To Loom In Student Loan Records

January 11, 2016

Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) has warned that the Education Department is ripe for a massive cyber breach that would dwarf […]

New Gun Rules May Collide With HIPAA

January 10, 2016

New gun sale rules announced by President Obama could be setting up a collision between officials and the confidentiality protections […]

Banning Recording In The Workplace

January 4, 2016

It’s now technically possible for employees to record just about anything that goes on in the workplace, including exchanges with […]

Phony Funds-Transfer Emails Targeting Companies

January 4, 2016

There has been an uptick in so-called whaling attacks against companies, and they have become more sophisticated, according to an […]

Law Firms Spying On Lawyers

December 29, 2015

Law firms have been low-hanging fruit for hackers and spammers, at least in comparison to the corporations that are their […]

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