Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

Social Business Boom Brings Legal Obligations

January 25, 2015

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

January 21, 2015

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

January 19, 2015

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

January 19, 2015

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”

January 19, 2015

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

January 15, 2015

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

January 15, 2015

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

January 12, 2015

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

January 12, 2015

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

January 12, 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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