On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a stern 73-page report on privacy, which outlines a demand for Congress to pass comprehensive data privacy legislation. The FTC wants to mandate that U.S. commercial data collectors implement a “Do Not Track” button on Web browsers by the end of the year, or the agency says […]
Documents filed in federal court regarding the January data breach of Amazon.com subsidiary, Zappos.com, shows the online shoe retailer’s data security team had detected the cyber-intruder while the hack was in progress. Zappos.com team members were able to thwart the breach before critical customer data was stolen, but the damage to its brand reputation continues to […]
A reported issued last week by the U.S. Congress stated that Chinese cyber-warfare is capable of posing a “genuine risk” to U.S. national security. Foreign governments are capable of launching a non-conventional war that could cause a “catastrophic” failure of systems and networks supporting critical infrastructure, factories, and databases. Categorizing a cyber-attack as an “act of war” […]
While in law school, I had the privilege of working as an extern for the New York Police Department’s, Civil Enforcement Unit, assisting them in the prosecution of nuisance abatement crimes. Based on theories premised in a March, 1982, article published in The Atlantic by coauthor’s, Mr. George Kelling and Mr. James Wilson, the City of New […]
In a meeting last week with federal regulators, the advertising and technology industry announced it would support a “Do Not Track” policy that would allow consumers to manage their online privacy settings. This support comes after intense pressure from both the Obama Administration and Congress, on adopting a universal privacy bill of rights. According to […]
The debate on “regulating the Internet” has become more prevalent over the past few weeks. The Federal Trade Commission, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Central Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon, and now the White House have all sent indications to the private sector that regulating the Internet may be inevitable if data security and privacy standards are […]
Ms. Patricia Ross, head of the mobile technology unit at the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), was quoted last week in The New York Times as urging mobile technology firms, who build applications for smartphones, to build security into their products from the beginning of development, not after a “privacy debacle” has occured. The direct message to the […]
A report by The Wall Street Journal today highlights the lack of attention corporate executives at the telecom device-maker, Nortel Networks, paid towards internal controls after it was discovered that, for over a decade, their corporate infrastructure had been illegally infiltrated by foreign agents. As early as 2000, hackers apparently obtained the passwords of seven top officials […]
The hacktavist organization known as Anonymous recently posted on its website a “hacked” 16-minute conference call between the F.B.I. and other foreign agencies, including Scotland Yard. Officials at the F.B.I. state that the call was “intercepted,” as opposed to “hacked.” According to the F.B.I., an e-mail had been sent “on Jan. 13 to more than three dozen people at the […]
In general, when a client comes into an attorneys’ office and alleges damage done to their businesses brand on the Internet, the immediate reaction is to commence legal proceedings – in other words, sue the bastards! However, litigation is expensive, and fees can quickly escalate during the various phases leading up to trial. Settlements are dictated through the […]