Data Security & Privacy

Ninth Circuit: Warrantless Forensic Examination of Electronic Data Must Meet 4th Amendment Requirements

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Earlier this month, March 8, 2013, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued a ruling related to the warrantless forensic examination of electronic data on a laptop that was seized at the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona (U.S. v. Cotterman, No. 09-10139).  The fallout from the U.S. v. Cotterman ruling is significant in that, going forward, law […]

Data Security & Privacy

Failure to Reach Regulatory Oversight on Cybersecurity, Highlights Tension Between FCC and ISP’s

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The United States Telecom Association, whose member representatives include Internet service provider’s like CenturyLink, AT&T, and Verizon, appears to have blocked a Federal Communications Commission advisory panel’s recommendation on measures needed to deal with the nation’s cyber-security problem.  The lack of an agreement on Internet regulatory oversight highlights growing tension between the Obama administration’s directive, which orders […]

Business Law

‘Data Governance’ – A Way for Organizations to Fight Cyber-Attacks

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As the U.S. intelligence community prepares to militarize its cyber-units for warfare in a virtual world, the rest of us are left to wonder how can we protect our asset resources from a “virtual-attack.”  Cyber-warfare and espionage have now supplanted terrorism as the greatest threat to our national infrastructure.  As a result of more mainstream media coverage, the […]

Business Law

Harvard University Search of Deans’ E-mail a ‘Breach of Trust’ or Cyberbullying?

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Tomorrow I will be boarding a red-eye flight to Boston to speak at prestigious Harvard University on the topic of cyber-bullying.  The term cyber-bullying can be defined as using any form of electronic communications to harass, torture, threaten, or humiliate another person.  In an unrelated, but ironic, headline I read in this mornings The New York […]

Business Law

Newly Appointed FTC Chair Says She will Focus on COPPA, Regulating Mobile Apps, and Internet Privacy

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Newly appointed Federal Trade Commission Chair Ms. Edith Ramirez indicated today in a Q&A discussion that the priorities for the FTC under her watch will be enforcement of the COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act) law; regulating the mobile application world, due to its tremendous footprint amongst the American consumer; and a new initiative centered […]