Microsoft has announced changes that will reserve themselves more responsibility and risk. European Union data protection authorities raised concerns with Microsoft’s data protection measures and led to Microsoft changing their commercial contracts related to their cloud services. The new contractual provisions, which will take effect at the beginning […]
While you still need to take extra precautions for privacy when entering or leaving the U.S., it seems that border agents no longer have complete discretion to search your phone and computer. In a change to effective search policy, border agents need to establish reasons for suspicion of […]
Finding comfort in products that display commitment to both privacy and information security is understandable. The Mobile Ecosystem Forum, a global mobile trade association, published a study that indicated that 49% of the 15,000 survey respondents said a lack of trust limits the number of applications downloaded. This […]
A recent Wall Street Journal article stated that the excessive costs of responding to breaches have become a challenge for insurance companies. The article presents insurance company executives being particularly concerned with their clients not implementing basic data management controls such as having a designated employee that is […]
On October 10th California Attorney General Becerra released a set of proposed regulations as required by the California Consumer Privacy Act, which we have posted about here, here, and here. Although the draft rules do not incorporate the amendments passed by the legislature because they were not signed […]
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued a decision that permits individual countries to order Facebook to take down posts, photographs and videos and restrict global access to that material. Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek, a former leader of Austria’s Green Party, requested Facebook delete comments posted about her on an […]
In a prior blog post, I discussed what would happen when artificial intelligence is applied to industries that had a history of discriminatory practices. Would AI make the world a more just place? Or would it more systemically ingrain discrimination? And finally, what could be done about it? […]
On September 10, 2019, 51 members of the Business Roundtable (“BRT”), representing the CEOs of many of America’s largest companies, sent a letter to Congress advocating for their Consumer Privacy Legislation Framework (“Framework”) that would govern the collection, use and sharing of personal data across industry sectors. Their […]
Business Impact of the CCPA Amendments Since the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) passed in June 2018, legislators have proposed and stakeholders have lobbied on more than a dozen amendments addressing various components of the CCPA. September 13 was the close of this legislative term and thus the […]
Automation can perform both routine physical activities as well as cognitive capabilities. This capability development has made policymakers and the public nervous about the impact on workers and their wages. In Ted Claypoole’s post Stacking The Deck For Workers Over Machines, he acknowledges that there is a partisan […]
