Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

More Law Firms Getting Cyber Insurance

Larger firms have already bought cyber insurance. Now medium and small-size firms are making the move. What are they getting, […]

Getting Control Of Information Security To Protect IP

Securing company intellectual property requires a total systems approach, one that extends the reach of “Enterprise Risk Management” (ERM) into […]

AT&T Fined $25M After Call Center Workers Stole Customer Data

The FCC this week said AT&T has agreed to pay $25 million to settle an investigation into the theft of […]

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European Regulators, With a Big Stick, Eye U.S. Tech Giants

European regulators continue to scrutinize the biggest U.S. tech companies for possible antitrust and privacy violations, the New York Times […]

NJ Backs Off On A Double Message For Merchants

A recently signed law in New Jersey will relieve merchants from an obligation to collect personal data from gift card […]

Transferred Text Messages Bring A Dismissal, And A Lawsuit

When an Anheuser-Busch employee Victor Nascimento was issued a new iPhone, his old one got transferred to another employee. Nascimento’s […]

A Chicago Lawyer, Loathed In Silicon Valley

A specialist in suing tech companies for privacy violations, his targets have included Amazon, Google, Apple, and many others less well known, and he may have won as much $1 billion.

Obama Orders New Cybercrime Sanctions

This week President Barack Obama signed an executive order establishing a sanctions program that will apply to hackers and other […]

Facebook Tracking, Regardless Of Opt-Outs, Violates EU Law

A Belgian data protection agency has discovered that Facebook tracks the web browsing of everyone visiting the site, even if […]

Post-Sony, Hollywood Bolsters Cybersecurity

After hackers last year aired a trove of personal and business information from Sony Pictures Entertainment, Hollywood has begun the […]

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