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Jun 06, 2018

Beware: Cyberinsurance Won’t Protect You From GDPR Fines!

I know that headline will worry a lot of folks. On this side of the Atlantic, it is pretty routine

Jun 05, 2018

Securing Your Mobile Devices While Travelling

As a follow-up to last week's post on the New York City Bar's ethics opinion for attorneys crossing the U.S.

Jun 04, 2018

Vermont Passes First State Law Cracking Down on Data Brokers

TechCrunch reported on May 27th that Vermont has become the first state to pass a law cracking down on data

May 31, 2018

ABA TECHSHOW® 2019: Call for Speakers Issued

ABA TECHSHOW® is part of our family history. I had the privilege of chairing ABA TECHSHOW® in 2006 and John

May 30, 2018

New York City Bar: Ethics Opinion for Attorneys Crossing U.S. Border With Client Data

Thanks to Dave Ries for passing along a reissued ethics opinion of the New York City Bar (May 9, 2018).

May 29, 2018

Mugshots.com’s Alleged Owners Charged with Extortion and Have Their Own Mugshots Online

After a holiday weekend, we need to ramp up slowly so here's a great tale of karma coming home to

May 24, 2018

FBI Inflated Encrypted Devices Figures, Deceiving the Public

ZDNet reported on May 23rd that, contrary to what the FBI told the public, we now know that instead of

May 23, 2018

Amazon Selling Facial Recognition to Law Enforcement: What Could Go Wrong There?

A tongue in cheek question, to be sure. The Washington Post reported on May 22nd that Amazon has been virtually

May 22, 2018

Hackers Stole a Casino’s Database of High-rollers Via A Fish Tank Thermometer

The Internet of Things (IoT) will no doubt provide improbable and comic headlines like the one above for many years.

May 21, 2018

Atlanta Spent $2.6 Million Recovering From Ransomware: Georgia’s Massive Cyber Insurance Policy

It was last month that I read a story about how Atlanta spent more than $2.6 million on emergency efforts

May 17, 2018

Say What? U.S. Cell Carriers Selling Access to Your Real-Time Phone Location Data

Well, this was one I didn't know about. On May 14th, ZDNet reported that four of the largest cell giants

May 16, 2018

No, E-mail Encryption is Not Dead

John and I watched the escalating reports of the death of e-mail encryption over the last several days with a