Technology Blog
From token generation events and drone regulation to the latest developments in privacy and data security compliance, our Technology Industry Blog focuses on the still-evolving regulatory landscape for companies developing new products and services, as well as those for whom technology figures prominently into their day-to-day operations.
Many of our contributors are IAAP-certified privacy professionals or hold advanced STEM degrees, with prior experience working as systems engineers and software developers. As a result, our blog offers that rare coupling of legal insight and technical sophistication, making it a true resource for businesses operating at the bleeding edge, where reliable legal intel can prevent project delays as well as civil and criminal exposure.
Recent Blog Posts
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 68: Catching Cyber-Criminals With Digital Forensics
July 8, 2021 | Blogs
Ransomware attacks, data breaches, digital theft – on the rise. Who are the cyber-criminals? Can t...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 67: Data Flows After Brexit… For Now
July 1, 2021 | Blogs
On June 28, 2021, the Europe Union granted two adequacy decisions to the United Kingdom for personal...
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A Tech Checkup
May 14, 2021 | Blogs
In order to keep up with a changing world, each company must periodically assess how technological c...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 66: Phone Scams and You, A True Story
May 10, 2021 | Blogs
This is a true story of a phone scam of May 2021. The Data Privacy Detective got a call on the home ...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 65: Ransomware Basics
May 3, 2021 | Blogs
This podcast episode explores ransomware from preventive, legal, and communications angles. While th...
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Google v. Oracle – Supreme Court Issues Landmark Opinion on Fair Use; Sidesteps Interface Copyrigh...
April 9, 2021 | Blogs
On April 5, the U.S. Supreme Court found that Google’s copying of Oracle code was fair use, puttin...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 64: The Two Faces of Browsers and Our Privacy Options
April 2, 2021 | Blogs
Janus was the Roman god of doors, gates, and transitions. He needed two faces to look in both direct...
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Kentucky Poised To Be National Cryptomining Leader With New Tax Legislation
March 29, 2021 | Blogs
Kentucky has long been considered a national leader in the manufacturing industry given its low cost...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 63: Your Face, Time to Scrub?
March 25, 2021 | Blogs
Facial recognition. It’s a hot topic. Targeting, misidentification, and doxing – the dangers...
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Blockchain and Art Provenance: Five Data Privacy Challenges
March 18, 2021 | Blogs
Distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) are becoming more prominent with applications across supply c...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 62: TikTok and Privacy
February 17, 2021 | Blogs
Challenges from Europe and America On February 16, 2021 TikTok was sued in Europe for abusing consum...
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Video: How Not To Get Phished!
January 12, 2021 | Blogs
Data theft set new records in 2020. The major causes are not failures of equipment, software, or ser...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 60: Cyber Insurance, What it Does and Doesn’t Cover
January 5, 2021 | Blogs
As businesses move into 2021, what insurance can they have to limit cyber risk? What does cyber insu...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 59: Taiwan, a Bridge for East-West Commerce?
December 22, 2020 | Blogs
Taiwan is one of the “Four Asian Tiger” economies. Its companies hold 66% of the world’s semic...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 58: Personal Privacy and Community IT Systems
December 21, 2020 | Blogs
How a community can responsibly gather, process and use personal information to meet its needs and m...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 57: Protecting Data Privacy Within Databases
December 4, 2020 | Blogs
Respecting individual privacy while achieving reliable databases. We all value privacy – at least ...
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Proposition 24’s Impact: CCPA v. CPRA Comparison
November 9, 2020 | Blogs
With the passing of Proposition 24 in California, privacy rights are being amended again to close wh...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 56: Ransomware and Privacy
November 5, 2020 | Blogs
Ransomware – a sinister type of cyberattack that installs malware onto a computer system. Once...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 55: Differential Privacy and Academic Research
October 26, 2020 | Blogs
Science and knowledge advance through information gathered, organized, and analyzed. It is only thro...
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Your Business Should Care about Children’s Privacy
October 5, 2020 | Blogs
The current COVID-19 crisis has increased the importance of online services that provide access to h...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 54: Contact Tracing Apps and Australia
October 1, 2020 | Blogs
The Impact on Privacy From a Digital Healthcare Initiative COVID-19 has changed the world in dramati...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 53: Brazil’s New Personal Data Privacy Law
September 25, 2020 | Blogs
Brazil’s General Personal Data Protection Law or “LGPD” entered into force on September 18, 20...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 52: Data Brokers, How Our Personal Information Is Sold
September 1, 2020 | Blogs
Robo-calls, phishing, identity theft, ads we didn’t ask for – and worse. How does this happen? H...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 51: Non-Personal Data – India Stakes a Claim on Own...
August 20, 2020 | Blogs
A July 2020 Indian Government Report calls for regulation of Non-Personal Data. Most data privacy la...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 50 – Intersection Of Cloud Computing And Data Privacy
August 7, 2020 | Blogs
Cloud computing offers a business the prospect of efficiency and savings by improving data storage c...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 49 – Hong Kong: What Impact of the National Security La...
July 31, 2020 | Blogs
On June 30, 2020 China enacted a National Security Law applicable in Hong Kong. The UK and USA gover...
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Privacy Considerations During the Coronavirus Pandemic
July 27, 2020 | Blogs
 Be Smart The pandemic has forced many more employees to work from home. While working remotel...
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Is the Crypto Camel’s Nose Under the Banker’s Tent With the OCC’s Interpretative Letter of Jul...
July 24, 2020 | Blogs
On July 22, 2020, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) released Interpretative ...
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Kentucky Continues Progress in Blockchain Technology and Smart Contracts
July 24, 2020 | Blogs
Effective July 15, 2020, Kentucky statutorily empowered its first “Blockchain Technology Working G...
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Schrems II: Privacy Unshielded
July 17, 2020 | Blogs
More than 5,300 companies in the United States using the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework for the tran...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 48 – Colombia and Data Privacy
July 6, 2020 | Blogs
Colombia made personal privacy a fundamental right in its 1991 Constitution. A 2008 law protected pe...
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Understanding the CMMC’s New Regulatory Reality for Government Contractors
June 26, 2020 | Blogs
Every year approximately $600 billion, or 1% of the global gross domestic product, is lost through c...
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Final Proposed CCPA Regulations Submitted for Approval
June 4, 2020 | Blogs
On June 1, Attorney General Becerra submitted final proposed regulations to the California Consumer ...
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What’s in your report? Disclosure of forensic reports after a data breach
June 3, 2020 | Blogs
A federal district court in In re: Capital One Customer Data Security Breach Litigation recently ...
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Data Breaches in Latin America
May 21, 2020 | Blogs
Often seen as a region with a common language and similar cultural traditions, Latin America is, in ...
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Protecting Your IP During the Rapid Development of COVID-19 Tech Products
May 6, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
In this unfamiliar time, innovative solutions are being rapidly developed in the technology industry...
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Consumers Regain Control of Health Care Data Through New Rule
May 4, 2020 | Blogs
Newly published federal rules will now give more power to consumers in controlling their personal he...
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Navigating Convertible Notes During and After COVID-19
April 24, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
There are several ways startups raise funding – one of the most prevalent is a convertible note. A...
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Spare a Thought for Patents When Fighting COVID-19
March 26, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
Embracing both patents and patented technology may advance the fight against COVID-19. In Italy, the...
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#WFH? Security Considerations for Working Remotely
March 23, 2020 | Blogs
As the coronavirus continues to quickly spread across the United States, employers are following CD...
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What’s Changed? California AG Becerra releases second set of revisions to proposed CCPA regulation...
March 12, 2020 | Publications
On March 11, California Attorney General Becerra, through the California Department of Justice, rele...
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Customedia v. Dish Illustrates Difficulty of Determining Patent Eligibility
March 10, 2020 | Blogs
Customedia v. Dish is a simple looking case. The patentee asserted claims for a computer implement...
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Dangerous Intersection Ahead: Privacy and Banking Fintech
March 9, 2020 | Blogs
Bankers in the fintech space are familiar with the FFIEC’s Guidance recommending multi-factor auth...
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New Bills Suggest Privacy is Top of Mind for State Lawmakers
February 12, 2020 | Publications
Barely a month into the new year and nine states have already introduced their own version of compre...
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What’s next? Data protection in the United Kingdom after Brexit
January 31, 2020 | Blogs
The United Kingdom (UK) has formally withdrawn from the European Union (EU) effective January 31, 20...
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Could Banks Be Targeted in Iran’s Cyber Retaliation?
January 7, 2020 | Blogs
Governmental officials and cyber security experts currently anticipate that Iran’s responses to re...
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New Year, New Data Privacy Laws in Multiple States
January 6, 2020 | Publications
Businesses have more than the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to worry about in 2020 when it ...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast Episode 47 – Cookies and California, Businesses Beware
December 23, 2019 | Blogs
 California’s Consumer Privacy Act goes live on January 1, 2020. It forces businesses beyond...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast Episode 46 – Finland Leads The Way In The Secondary Use Of Heal...
November 18, 2019 | Blogs
 Medical data are considered particularly sensitive personal information. Laws and regulations in...
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Blockchain and voting
October 15, 2019 | Blogs
Frost Brown Todd member John Wagster was recently featured in an article by CoinTelegraph about bloc...
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California’s Consumer Privacy Act Completes its 2019 Legislative Journey
September 17, 2019 | Blogs
Friday, Sept. 13 was the last day for bills amending the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and ...
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Do We Have A Contract? What Delta’s Win Tells Us About Privacy Policies
August 16, 2019 | Blogs
A federal court in California handed Delta Air Lines a win this year by dismissing a putative class ...
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What You Need to Know about Maine’s New Privacy Law
August 15, 2019 | Blogs
States across the U.S. are rapidly passing new consumer privacy laws. This is the second in an ongoi...
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A Primer for Litigation Counsel Regarding the Organizing of Loan Workout and Cybersecurity Professio...
July 10, 2019 | Blogs
Substantive Expertise versus A New Perspective and Freedom from the Past Counsel are regularly and a...
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Solar Energy Providers Should Protect Their Investments with Advanced DC Monitoring
July 8, 2019 | Blogs
As the scale of solar energy projects grows, the incorporation of advanced direct current (DC) monit...
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Rising Momentum for Blockchain’s Decentralized Finance Applications
July 5, 2019 | Blogs
Background Blockchain technology’s potential for disintermediation in the financial sphere has evo...
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Georgia Disallows State-Law Claims for Negligent Disclosure of Personal Data
June 13, 2019 | Blogs
In Dept. of Labor v. McConnell, the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed that an individual could not pur...
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The Driverless Car – Ready or Not, Here It Comes
May 14, 2019 | Blogs
As we roll into 2019’s peak travel season, automakers are hitting the gas on developing the necess...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast Episode 35 – Hot Topics in Data Privacy – From the U.S. F...
May 13, 2019 | Blogs
The May 2-3, 2019 International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Conference featured lead...
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The Use and Legal Ramifications of Artificial Intelligence Entering the Workforce
April 30, 2019 | Blogs
Fifty years ago, auto manufacturing plants were filled with thousands of people on large assembly li...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast Episode 34 – When Employees Cooperate With Law Enforcement And ...
April 30, 2019 | Blogs
Picture frontline employees – like those at a motel’s front desk. In enter ICE agents with gold ...
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Domain Name Enforcement Post-GDPR
April 15, 2019 | Blogs
The practical effect of the GDPR in connection with domain name enforcement can leave (and should le...
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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) FAQ
April 11, 2019 | Blogs
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) goes into effect on January 1, 2020. Before then, covered...
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Does the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Apply to Your Business? A Flowchart
March 7, 2019 | Blogs
Businesses that violate the CCPA can face civil penalties in actions brought by the California Attor...
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Your California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Checklist
March 4, 2019 | Blogs
The CCPA can apply to businesses located outside California that collect or sell personal informatio...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast Episode 31 – Data Incidents and Breaches: What mid-sized companies ...
March 4, 2019 | Blogs
Data incidents arise regularly for businesses. The perpetrators range from sophisticated scoundrels ...
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Thank You Michigan, Next! A Third State Adopts the NAIC Insurance Data Security Model Law
February 19, 2019 | Blogs
On December 28, 2018, the former Michigan Governor, Rick Snyder, signed into law House Bill 6941 (th...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast Podcast Episode 30 – Good news for 2019 from Europe for US firm...
January 4, 2019 | Blogs
The European Commission issued its second review of how the EU PrivacyShield is working in late Dece...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 27 – Digital Authoritarianism
November 6, 2018 | Blogs
“The internet is growing less free around the world, and democracy itself is withering under its i...
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The Federal Tax Consequences of Cryptocurrency Transactions
October 1, 2018 | Blogs
In recent years, cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, Ripple, Ethereum, and Kin, have brought a flur...
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Drone Services: Don’t fly in the face of IP law
September 21, 2018 | Blogs
TL;DR: Drone services companies need to get their drone operators to sign intellectual property as...
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California Consumer Privacy Act: Applicability and Compliance for Employers
September 5, 2018 | Blogs
Have you heard about the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that recently passed and goes into...
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Ohio Enacts Law Acknowledging Blockchain Transactions and Granting Safe Harbor Protections to Eligib...
August 9, 2018 | Blogs
On Friday, August 3, Governor Kasich signed Ohio Senate Bill 220, which acknowledges for the first t...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 25 – Europe’s GDPR – Representatives an...
July 30, 2018 | Blogs
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR),  effective as of May 25, 2018,  ...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 24 – Internet Review Sites and Free Expression
July 26, 2018 | Blogs
When Congress enacted the Communications Decency Act of 1996, the internet was an infant. Prevaili...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 23 – California’s New Data Privacy Law
July 9, 2018 | Blogs
“California passes strictest online privacy law in the country,” trumpeted CNN Tech on...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 22 – GDPR and non-EU Businesses
June 18, 2018 | Blogs
Businesses not located in the European Union have tried to understand whether the General Data Pro...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 21 – GDPR is here
June 1, 2018 | Blogs
It’s June 1, 2018, one week after the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union bec...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 20 – China’s New Data Privacy Standards
May 16, 2018 | Blogs
GDPR, the European Union’s effort to protect personal data, has dominated the efforts of businesse...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 19 – The EU/U.S. and Swiss Privacy Shield
April 26, 2018 | Blogs
In our prior podcast, the Data Privacy Detective explored how non-EU businesses can determine if t...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 18 – How businesses outside the EU can comply w...
April 19, 2018 | Blogs
In this and the next podcast, the Data Privacy Detective turns a magnifying glass to how businesse...
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New York Attorney General Launches Inquiry into Cryptocurrency Exchanges
April 18, 2018 | Blogs
On April 17, 2018, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman (the “NY AG”) launched...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 17 – Consent: The meaning of it under GDPR
April 17, 2018 | Blogs
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, the GDPR, becomes directly applicab...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 16 – Lawful Processing of Personal Data under t...
April 10, 2018 | Blogs
The EU’s GDPR – the General Data Protection Regulation – becomes law on May 25, ...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 15 – Personal Data and the GDPR
April 9, 2018 | Blogs
In this fourth podcast about the General Data Protection Regulation that becomes law in the Europe...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 14 – Controllers and Processors
April 2, 2018 | Blogs
Businesses collect, use and store personal data. It’s unavoidable. An email address, phone n...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 13 – Does the GDPR apply to a business outside ...
March 29, 2018 | Blogs
The General Data Protection Regulation – the GDPR - becomes law throughout the European Unio...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 12 -The GDPR is Coming
March 26, 2018 | Blogs
On May 25, 2018 the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation becomes law – ...
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Blockchain Update: SEC Order Interrupts the Munchee ICO
December 18, 2017 | Blogs
SEC issues cease-and-desist order two days into the Munchee ICO, a sign the Commission is inchi...
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Artificial Intelligence and Data Privacy: Are We Sufficiently Protected? (Part 2 of 3)
December 11, 2017 | Blogs
This is the second article in a series on the legal issues surrounding artificial intelligence (AI...
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AI is Surging: Are We Ready for the Fallout? (Part 1 of 3)
November 21, 2017 | Blogs
Full webinar about legal issues surrounding AI. This is the first article in a series on the l...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 11 – Tech Support Scams
August 25, 2017 | Blogs
In this podcast, the Data Privacy Detective talks about tech support scams with Michael Severini, ...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 10 – Cybersecurity & IoT
August 9, 2017 | Blogs
IoT – the Internet of Things – is the interconnection of physical objects and data. Sm...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 9 – Phishing – How to Avoid Being Hooked
August 3, 2017 | Blogs
Phishing is an effort by cybercriminals to use bait in the guise of a familiar email address to ho...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 8 – FBI CyberAlert about massive attack, July 2...
July 28, 2017 | Blogs
On July 25, 2017, the FBI issued a TLP:AMBER alert on its Cyber Watch system about an elaborate cy...
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Let Me Introduce You to Three Robot Lawyers
May 4, 2017 | Blogs
The practice of law is going to look very different 15 years from now. The most routine legal work...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 7 – Big Data and Your Personal Privacy
December 1, 2016 | Blogs
The Data Privacy Detective met with Ken Morris, lawyer, technologist and founder of KnectIQ, to di...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 6 – Facial Recognition Technology and Our Priva...
November 28, 2016 | Blogs
In late October 2016, the Data Privacy Detective met with Joe Tomain, a visiting lecturer at India...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 5 – Top Tips On Protecting Your Data
November 22, 2016 | Blogs
An Excerpt from when the Data Privacy Detective sat down with Julia Montgomery to discuss data pro...
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ICOs: Cloud-based but likely grounded in regulations
November 4, 2016 | Blogs
Initial coin offerings (ICOs) are garnering substantial attention as investors hope their digital ...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 4 – Your Personal Checklist for CyberSecurity
October 17, 2016 | Blogs
I attend conferences of our international law firm network MULTILAW. It’s a gathering of law...
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A Legislative Definition of Blockchain
October 13, 2016 | Blogs
It seems like everyone is discussing “blockchain,” but few have taken the time to real...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 3 – The Battleground of Data and Disclosure
October 10, 2016 | Blogs
The word “computer” was once an occupational classification. Computers were workers wh...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 2 – Google and European Data Privacy
October 9, 2016 | Blogs
I spoke about America’s approach to data privacy at a recent Conference at the European Cour...
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Data Privacy Detective Podcast – Episode 1 – Data Privacy Starts with You
October 7, 2016 | Blogs
Privacy is dead, get over it. This is what a blockchain entrepreneur told a Conference at the Euro...