Supreme Court May Decide Data Breach Victims’ Rights

The U.S. Supreme Court may decide whether you can act on that “Dear valued customer, we regret to inform you that your data may have been compromised …” letter or e-mail with an individual or class action lawsuit. Right now, courts around the country d… Continue reading Supreme Court May Decide Data Breach Victims’ Rights

Supreme Court May Decide Data Breach Victims’ Rights

The U.S. Supreme Court may decide whether you can act on that “Dear valued customer, we regret to inform you that your data may have been compromised …” letter or e-mail with an individual or class action lawsuit. Right now, courts around the country d… Continue reading Supreme Court May Decide Data Breach Victims’ Rights

DoJ’s Irresponsible ‘Responsible’ Encryption

On Oct. 8, 2017, David Patterson, Sr. died on a reservation in New Mexico. Patterson was one of the last surviving World War II “Navajo code talkers” employed by the government because of the unique method of communication which, to the outside world, was undecipherable. Communications of the Navajo, even if intercepted, could not be..

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AC/DC Act: Good in Theory, Terrible in Practice

Earlier this month, Georgia Congressman Tom Price introduced H.R. 4036, the Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act (AC/DC Act). The legislation would permit certain “victims” of cyberattacks to engage in certain types of “active defense” or “hack back” free from both civil and criminal liability under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. It would also empower..

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Supreme Court to Decide Major Internet Privacy and Jurisdiction Case

We love the cloud. We store our documents there. Our e-mails travel through cloud or other third-party providers. Now the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to decide whether the physical location of both the communications or documents themselves, or the lo… Continue reading Supreme Court to Decide Major Internet Privacy and Jurisdiction Case