Collaborate Disseminate
Tech companies are profiting off of buying and selling our data, which gets harvested whenever we share something on social media, listen to music, or watch TV shows. We’ve lost control of our data, signing it away while only skimming the terms a… Continue reading Should We Sell Our Data?
These two far-reaching pieces of legislation are confusing — we’ll provide a bit of clarity about how they affect your organization Looking at the information security and data privacy industries…
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New York is updating their cybersecurity laws — here’s how these changes impact your business (even if you’re not in NY) The New York SHIELD Act. It sounds like it…
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Rebecca Wexler has an interesting op-ed about an inadvertent harm that privacy laws can cause: while law enforcement can often access third-party data to aid in prosecution, the accused don’t have the same level of access to aid in their defense: The p… Continue reading How Privacy Laws Hurt Defendants
Rebecca Wexler has an interesting op-ed about an inadvertent harm that privacy laws can cause: while law enforcement can often access third-party data to aid in prosecution, the accused don’t have the same level of access to aid in their defense: The proposed privacy laws would make this situation worse. Lawmakers may not have set out to make the criminal… Continue reading How Privacy Laws Hurt Defendants
Interesting essay arguing that we need better legislation to protect cybersecurity whistleblowers. Congress should act to protect cybersecurity whistleblowers because information security has never been so important, or so challenging. In the wake of a… Continue reading The Importance of Protecting Cybersecurity Whistleblowers
Interesting essay arguing that we need better legislation to protect cybersecurity whistleblowers. Congress should act to protect cybersecurity whistleblowers because information security has never been so important, or so challenging. In the wake of a barrage of shocking revelations about data breaches and companies mishandling of customer data, a bipartisan consensus has emerged in support of legislation to give consumers… Continue reading The Importance of Protecting Cybersecurity Whistleblowers
UN Environment investigated environmental protection laws around the world from 1972 through 2017 and found the biggest challenge is a failure to properly enforce the laws. Continue reading Environmental Laws Won’t Fix Climate Change Unless We Enforce Them, New UN Report Says
The law only applies to passwords that come pre-programmed into devices, but it’s still a step in the right direction. Continue reading California Is Making It Illegal for Devices to Have Shitty Default Passwords
The major tech companies, scared that states like California might impose actual privacy regulations, have now decided that they can better lobby the federal government for much weaker national legislation that will preempt any stricter state measures. I’m sure they’ll still do all they can to weaken the California law, but they know they’ll do better at the national level…. Continue reading Major Tech Companies Finally Endorse Federal Privacy Regulation