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Month: March 2009

Data Security & Privacy

The Right of Confidentiality Versus The Right To Privacy

Posted on March 30, 2009March 23, 2016

  The Guardian newspaper in London, England, was ordered by a British Court to take material down from its Website, that was published, pertaining to documents which describe the lengths Barclays Bank went through to avoid paying taxes in Britain.  According to Noam Cohen, of The New York Times, the judge in the case, Nicholas Blake, also […]

Data Security & Privacy

Recent Data Breaches Highlight the “Usefulness” of PCI Compliance

Posted on March 23, 2009March 23, 2016

  In response to the recent data breaches by Heartland Payment Systems, Inc., ("HPS"), and RBS WorldPay, Inc., Visa has dropped them from its "PCI Compliant" list, but added that it would consider restoring the credit card processing companys’ status if they were recertified by a third-party auditor.  Industry analysts, however, feel that the move […]

Business Law

Corporate Cyber-Security and Hiring Practices

Posted on March 7, 2009March 23, 2016

  On March 5, 2009, Computerworld ran an article about how the CEO of Mahalo, a Santa Monica-based search engine company, defended the hiring of an employee, Mr. John Schiefer, who, on Wednesday of this week, was sentenced to 4 years in prison for leading a botnet scheme before he was hired by the company.  […]

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