Consumers increasingly tune out privacy risks from internet-connected devices, and companies that don’t take up the privacy torch may be creating liability, attorneys told Bloomberg BNA. Source: Lawyers Ready to Pounce if Companies Forget IoT Privacy
European Union privacy regulators will soon question President Donald Trump on the U.S. commitment to the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield data transfer pact. Although Trump’s Jan. 25 immigration executive order limiting extension of the Privacy Act to non-U.S. citizens doesn’t have a direct legal effect on the Privacy Shield, it has raised concerns over U.S. intentions. The Article…
Feb 16, 2017 – New York state on Thursday announced final regulations requiring banks and insurers to meet minimum cyber-security standards and report breaches to regulators as part of an effort to combat a surge in cyber crime and limit damages to consumers. The rules, in the works since 2014, followed a series of high-profile…
Yesterday marked the inaugural launch event for the release of the second version of the famous Tallinn Manual on the legal landscape of cyberwarfare. Appropriately named “Tallinn Manual 2.0: International Law Applicable to Cyber Operations,” the new book offers a fascinating look at how far the cyber threat landscape has evolved in the less than…
A network of websites used by hackers and others to anonymously share information has itself been hit by a cyberattack. The attack disabled a large chunk of the so-called Dark Web, knocking thousands of websites offline, cybersecurity and privacy specialists said. The anonymous attack, which hit a web-hosting provider named Freedom Hosting II, occurred on…