Emergence of Zoom The Coronavirus has forced millions of people around the world to work from home, and adapt to a professional and social culture that does not permit in-person interaction. As a result, many have turned to Zoom’s videoconferencing platform for virtual meetings, e-classrooms, virtual happy hours, […]
Companies called out for bad behavior often misdirect the conversation by saying – “Yes, but we do good things too!” The worst defense of bad behavior ventured by any company, in my opinion, is “Yes we are loathsome, but we create jobs.” Jobs are good, don’t get me […]
Many of us have not read about China’s near-nationalization of payment and chat apps to fight the spread of COVID-19. Widely-reported but little noticed, China has required citizens to use software on the chat and payment apps WeChat and Alipay that dictates whether they should be quarantined or […]
A privacy bill was signed into law in Maine last year and is set to go into effect in July. That is—unless a group of ISP trade associations has something to say about it. The new law would regulate the use, disclosure, and sale of customer information by […]
Electronic technology is protecting us from COVID-19, but is it violating our privacy? Individuals and institutions are taking drastic measures to flatten the curve of COVID-19 infections, and these measures, while important, may threaten our recently recognized privacy rights. This article examines the efforts taken to protect our […]
On March 11th the California Attorney General’s office released the third draft of the regulations required to implement the California Consumer Privacy Act, lovingly known the world around as the CCPA. However unpopular versions 1 and 2 of the CCPA regulations might have been, at least there were […]
No, despite having exited the European Union the UK is not free of its GDPR obligations. However, businesses holding EU data in the UK will need to keep a watchful eye on negotiations between the EU and its breakaway state. If the UK is not deemed “adequate” for […]
There’s an old Yiddish saying, passed down to me from my grandparents, that is worth recalling in these uncertain and potentially infectious times: “When three people say you’re drunk, go lie down in the gutter.” So, when my brother the doctor (he’s the smart one) texted the family […]
On February 28, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission proposed fines amounting to over $200 million dollars against the four largest wireless carriers in the U.S., alleging that the companies broke the law by not taking reasonable measures to protect customers’ private location information and allowing third parties to […]
What is the next big technology that will change our lives? Quantum computing? General AI? Programmable pets? Bartending robots? Flying cars? Personal rocket backpacks? I have one point of reference for evaluating technology predictions: how much money are big companies and governments spending to bring this technology into […]
