Business Law

Street Gangs’ Steal Identities of Donors Associated with Non-Profit – Rack Up $2 Million in Fraudulent Purchases

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The traditional method of funding a street-gang criminal enterprise through the selling of drugs or guns is now changing to a new form of revenue generation – cyber-crime.  The reason for the paradigm shift is quite simple, the ability to make a large amount of money in an easy manner are simply outweighed by the chances […]

Business Law

Are Cloud Computing Companies Giving Us a ‘False Sense’ Over Data Privacy & Security?

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As the race to acquire clientele in the cloud computing arena escalates, service providers are taking onerous steps to ensure that their data security and privacy controls are adequately maintained and safeguarded.  The aggressive marketing campaigns of service providers like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, are going to great lengths to build the trust of prospective clients.  […]

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FTC Settlement and Facebook – Changing Our Perception(s) of ‘Privacy’

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The complaint filed against Facebook, Inc., by the U.S. government alleged that the social network’s 2009 Privacy Policy had “caused harm to users, including, but not limited to, threats to their health and safety, and unauthorized revelation of their affiliations [e.g. political views, sexual orientation, or business relationships].”  The prickly wording by the Federal Trade […]