Examining the Global Impact of AI + Cyber + Data + Privacy + Law = Business Risk
How can your employees’ social media usage be compromising your businesses’ assets? I have said it before: business and warfare are one in the same. The objectives are the same and the tactics are the same. Both require an understanding of situational awareness. What is situational awareness? Situational Awareness is the ability to identify, process, …
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How’s that for a crazy sounding question? Could breaking into a home violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act? I know you’re wondering just how I come up with these crazy things, right? From the news, of course! I read a really interesting article by David Goldman on CNNMoney entitled Your Jetsons Home is Almost …
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The Lesson: DO NOT SHARE YOUR COMPUTER PASSWORDS! The Student: Jane Smith, a County Clerk of Court with a distinguished career of service for 39 years. The Mistake: Sharing her computer password with an IT contractor who was working on the Clerk’s office computers with the Sheriff’s Department, District Attorney’s Office, and Madison County Jail to …
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A new lawsuit has been filed by SunPower against 5 former employees and it’s rival SolarCity alleging violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. This is a good one to look at if you want to see how to violate the CFAA with style — especially if you are an soon-to-be-departing employee and you …
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If you’re not living under a rock and you’ve been keeping up with the latest developments in social media law such as the case about “who owns your Twitter account”, i.e. PhoneDog v. Kravitz, there is a recent development. The court denied Kravitz’s motion to dismiss the following of PhoneDog’s claims: intentional interference with prospective …
Here is a thought to ponder: Would it violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to hack a person? Based on the broad definition of computer that is used in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act I believe that the answer could be “yes.” Here is why: The CFAA applies to anything with a microchip …
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Adversity is good. The real test is how you perform when it is all on the line. The Giants’s football season shows us that you do not always have to be the best at every step along the journey. This is the story of life. You can have failures, setbacks, and adversity along the way …
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Recognizing that one of the most important business issues of our time is how businesses manage social media and their employees who use it, the National Labor Relations Board has issued yet another report discussing guidelines for employers to follow with regards to social media. The report provides an extensive analysis of several specific cases …
A businesses’ social media assets are its intellectual property and need to be protected. This point underlies the message of a recent article entitled Court Cases are Shaping Social Media Law in which the authors discuss three recent court cases involving the ownership and use of social media and how important it is for businesses …
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Here is the best way I can frame this up: if you were the patient that had to go to the emergency room for constipation, would you want that information displayed publicly? Here is why I ask … It is Saturday morning and I am blogging on my iphone from a semi-private room in the …
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