Examining the Global Impact of AI + Cyber + Data + Privacy + Law = Business Risk
On October 13, 2011 I was a guest on Capital Thinking, a talk radio show hosted by Kevin O’Neill on which I was invited to discuss the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Here is the link to the show and my segment does not begin until right at 32 minutes into the program: http://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/56928/presidential-race-and-election-2012-computer-fraud-and-abuse-healthcare-update NOW, the mere …
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A judge “across the pond” ruled that an employee’s LinkedIn contacts were, in essence, trade secrets of his former employer where those contacts were created during the term of employment and mimicked the employer’s confidential and proprietary business contacts. This raises quite a few legal issues for employers and employees. In fact, I wrote a …
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“We are the weakest link.” Wow, this is certainly the theme of the last few weeks — people are realizing that the biggest threat to companies’ security defenses are the people people inside the companies. You may recall that I discussed this issue in two blogs about this over the last couple of weeks: Guarding …
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This is an interview in which i talk about how i have been working to become more effective at developing my computer fraud, data breach, and privacy expertise and expanding my practice in these areas, as well as the other areas of my practice. The interview was done by Cordell Parvin, a fabulous “lawyer coach” …
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Small businesses, more than any other identifiable group, need someone to help guide them through assessing their data risks, securing their companies’ data, taking the necessary measures to protect against those risks, and coordinating a proper response in the event of a breach. This is the message that can be taken from a blog by …
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There are two important takeaways from the opinion dismissing the consolidated In re iPhone Application Litigation on September 20, 2011: (1) breach of privacy alone is not treated as a “injury in fact”; and (2) breach of privacy in data does not constitute the necessary economic “loss” required for a civil claim under the Computer …
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(Part 2 of 2) A few days ago I posted Guarding Against the Inside Job which was the first half of this thought — today’s post is part 2 — the fun one: Idiocy! Many of you already know that this name resembles that of one of my favorite movies. Need a hint? Idiocy Yep, Idiocy …
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“You are only as strong as your weakest link” It is becoming clear that the weakest link in most companies’ information security defenses is the people who work inside the company. The company must identify the most likely risks those people face, train them to minimize those risks, develop policies to protect against those risks, …
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What if we, as Americans, showed this kind of determination in everything we do on a daily basis? American People – every single one of us – “let’s roll!”
California’s prior data breach law was the first in the nation and turned out to be a model that other states used for their own data breach laws. Whether the new law will have that same effect remains to be seen but, just in case, here is the 30,000 feet view of what it does: …
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