A recent issue of MIT’s Technology Review magazine is titled, “Look how far precision medicine has come.“ At least part of the premise is that personalized medicine or precision medicine is not perceived as having made the great strides promised nearly 20 years ago, when genome mapping was […]
The American Bar Association has just published an important book titled The Law of Artificial Intelligence and Smart Machines, addressing a gap in current legal literature for this essential technology. Diving deeply into the law affecting autonomous vehicles and self-directed flying machines, as well as the changes AI […]
Attempting to protect people’s information, the EU made it more vulnerable. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is thought to provide the strongest set of data protection rules. After all, it was designed to modernize already tight laws protecting the personal information of individuals. In such […]
People have long complained that the US lags behind many other countries in facilitating real-time payments. Industry and government are addressing this problem in several ways. The two largest card networks have unveiled payment solutions that allow businesses to make real-time payments over the debit rails to bank […]
The sex police are out there on the streets Make sure the pass laws are not broken Undercover (of the Night), The Rolling Stones So, now we know that browsing porn in “incognito” mode doesn’t prevent those sites from leaking your dirty data courtesy of the friendly folks […]
What is the heaviest computer you own? Chances are, you are driving it. And with all of the hacking news flying past us day after day, our imaginations have not even begun to grasp what could happen if a hostile person decided to hack our automotive computers – […]
Apple and Google have suspended their practice of reviewing recordings from users interacting with their voice assistant programs. Did you know this was happening to begin with? These companies engaged in “grading,” a process where they review supposedly anonymized recordings of conversations people had with voice assistant programs […]
The CCPA, California’s new omnibus data privacy bill, includes a provision for statutory damages in suits against data-holding companies, but the CCPA only allows the state AG and a limited group to sue for these damages under the law. A recently tabled proposed New York omnibus privacy act […]
Are your selfies and karaoke videos actually a national security threat? And have you given rogue countries access to your information? Hm. FaceApp, which alters user pictures by using application (app) features, went viral after celebrities posted their images on social media. This app was created by a […]
How many times a month do you read about one more hack, or receive a letter from a company that has exposed your information to a threatening force? We understand that our offices, banks, stores and other data holders are constantly under attack from forces across the globe. […]
