16 Aug 2021 UK Outlook Users Can Report Suspicious Emails to Regulators with One Click By Mitzi Hill In a fascinating new development and example of public/private cooperation against cyber issues, Microsoft has added a one-click button...
03 Jul 2021 Ransomware Attack Hits Major Remote Ops IT Company By Mitzi Hill Anyone running VSA in connection with their remote company access program is advised to shut down the VSA server immediately. The...
25 Jun 2021 Advertising World Can Keep Its Cookies For Now By Mitzi Hill Under pressure from many players, Google has announced that it will retain third-party cookie tracking in Chrome until the end of 2023. ...
07 Jun 2021 Supreme Court Reads Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Narrowly Against Unauthorized Employee Database Access By Mitzi Hill The Supreme Court last week upheld a narrow reading of the chief federal computer crimes act used by businesses to punish employees who...
07 Jun 2021 Equifax Data Breach Settlement to Cost More than $1B By Mitzi Hill The class action settlement figure relating to the 2017 data breach at Equifax is winding its way slowly through the courts, but a...
06 Jun 2021 EU Issues New Data Transfer Standard Contractual Clauses By Mitzi Hill On Friday, the EU's regulators published long-awaited updates to the region's Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs). Among other things,...
14 May 2021 Forgery Insurance Will Not Cover Hack in $1.4M Pennsylvania Case By Mitzi Hill Many businesses have been hoodwinked by hackers who forge new payment instructions and email them to customers for payment. The customer...
13 May 2021 New Federal Cyber Breach Reporting Requirements and Investigation Board By Mitzi Hill The president yesterday created two major new cyber initiatives designed to help prevent and recover from attacks on public sector...
10 May 2021 Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Incident Highlights Pandemic Issues, Hacker Sophistication By Mitzi Hill Remote work may have contributed to the weekend ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline, according to the BBC. Remote login details that...
15 Apr 2021 EU Expected to Regulate AI for Many Purposes By Mitzi Hill Under draft regulations that may be released as soon as next week, the EU will propose to regulate the use of artificial intelligence for...
21 Mar 2021 CCPA Enforcement Remains AG Priority, Minor Regulation Changes Approved By Mitzi Hill The Attorney General of California last week approved relatively minor changes to the implementing regulations for the CCPA. The AG also...
20 Mar 2021 Draft Federal Privacy Bill Introduced in Congress By Mitzi Hill Whether the US will pass federal privacy legislation has been a question for many years, but one that has taken on new significance since...
10 Mar 2021 Judge Tosses CCPA Class Action Suit Against Walmart Based on Attack Date, Despite Ongoing Damages By Mitzi Hill The timing of a cyber attack may matter in assessing legal liability: a federal judge in California has dismissed a potential privacy...
04 Mar 2021 Settlement Awards Hundreds of Millions to Plaintiffs for Facebook Facial Recognition Default Setting By Mitzi Hill A judge has approved the award of hundreds of millions of dollars to plaintiffs claiming that Facebook's "tag this photo" facial...
04 Mar 2021 Virginia Enacts The Second State-Level Privacy Law in the US By Mitzi Hill Virginia has, as expected, passed into law its Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), thus becoming the second U.S. state to enact...
04 Mar 2021 Google Moves Likely to Change Online Advertising, Privacy for Many Companies By Mitzi Hill In the face of increasing consumer awareness and regulatory pressure regarding the use of consumer data, the leader in online data...