data privacy law
Privacy Laws Everywhere and Not A Stop to Think
As the US reaches a critical mass of roughly twenty state privacy laws, the primary challenge has shifted from doctrinal interpretation to architectural execution; businesses must now navigate a "jurisdictional palimpsest" of ...
It’s Not the Computer, Stupid. It’s the Information in It. Two Recent Indictments Stretch the Limits of “Theft” of Information.
The legal system persists in framing "computer crime" through the archaic lens of tangible property—theft and conversion—despite the fact that information is non-rivalrous and easily duplicated without depriving the original owner of ...
Federal Court Narrows ‘Third Party’ Warrant Requirement
In United States v. Carpenter, the United States Supreme Court ruled that, before the police could obtain historical cell site location information (CSLI) about the location of someone’s cell phone in the ...
On Opioids, Consultants and Information Security
On Feb. 4, consulting firm McKinsey agreed to pay a fine of more than a half-billion dollars to various state attorneys general in connection with their role in promoting the sale of ...
Canada’s New Data Privacy Law Now in Effect
The other day I got a 2019 prediction from TrustArc CEO Chris Babel. He said that managing privacy will be the new normal, like securing data or paying taxes. “Privacy will continue ...
