Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

Spike In Vendor-Related Data Breaches

June 17, 2021

Increased reliance on third-party vendors to perform tasks requiring personal information resulted in a sharp increase in data security incidents […]

Creepy AI Program Can Even Sound Like An AI Skeptic

June 15, 2021

The output of a program called GPT-3 is so compelling that it could be used to generate misinformation wholesale, at […]

Billionaire Slams Former SEC Internet Enforcer, Defends Cryptocurrency

June 8, 2021

In an interview, John Reed Stark, the founder and former chief of the SEC’s Office of Internet Enforcement, said cryptocurrency […]

Google’s Location Privacy Setting Was Bogus, Says AZ Lawsuit

June 3, 2021

It was nearly impossible for smartphone users to keep their location data private, even with the settings Google ostensibly provided […]

Third Try For Federal Data Privacy Act

May 26, 2021

A bill to protect people’s privacy when their data is collected by big tech companies went nowhere when it was […]

Forget The “Script Kiddies”: DOJ Needs To Get Serious About The Ransomware Business

May 25, 2021

Ransomware attacks aren’t spawned by lone wolves or wayward geeks. They are rather the end product of an organized business […]

After Crippling Colonial Pipeline Cyber Attack, Industry Still Resists Incident Reporting Requirements

May 21, 2021

Following the recent Colonial Pipeline ransom attack, there is a push in Congress for new pipeline security legislation, but the […]

Employees Seeking Data Containing Their Personal Information

May 18, 2021

Data subject access requests (DSARs), the right for any consumer to request that companies tell them what data holding their […]

AG Report: Millions Of Fake Comments Tainted 2017 Net Neutrality Battle

May 13, 2021

A report from New York state’s Office of the Attorney General details massive fraud during the comment period preceding repeal […]

Task Force to Tackle Ransomware

May 6, 2021

Ransom demands are escalating, but a public-private partnership formed last December is trying to devise a coordinated response. Among the […]

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