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Cybersecurity and Privacy Risks for the Construction and Real Estate Industries

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The construction industry has experienced an amazing evolution in recent years thanks to the rapid adoption of new technologies. While all of this new technology has the potential to make companies more productive and more...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #338 – Be Aware of Apps Infected with Malware

Like all technology, mobile apps can be infected with malicious code, or malware, that is intended to gain access to your mobile phone when you download the app. Although app stores try their best to not allow malicious apps...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded: Technology Law Insights, Volume 2, Issue 18

El Salvador Buys 200 Bitcoins as the Digital Currency Becomes Legal Tender - "El Salvador became the first country to adopt bitcoin as a national currency, kicking off a radical monetary experiment that could pose risks to...more

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters

Biden’s Executive Order on Protecting Americans’ Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries

Published on June 9, 2021, President Biden’s Executive Order on Protecting America’s Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries is the latest Executive Order seeking to strengthen national security by improving public and...more

Bennett Jones LLP

New Report from the Ontario Privacy Commissioner: Key Takeaways for Ontario Businesses

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The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (OIPC) released its 2018 Annual Report: Privacy and Accountability for a Digital Ontario on Wednesday, July 10, 2019. This report signals a move toward...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Navigating Cybersecurity Risk in the Age of the Connected Car

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A boom in automobile technology and connectivity in 2018 further boosted expectations of consumers regarding the integration and functionality of their devices and vehicles. Automobile manufacturers have responded by...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - November 2018

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine a declaration on ethical considerations for artificial intelligence, the annual joint review of the Privacy Shield, a new lawsuit from a snack food...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Privacy Perils: Seasons Greetings! Think Twice Before You Click Once

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All too often our Inbox is filled with spam, nonbusiness, or merely unsolicited emails. Whether or not welcome, some are legitimate marketing communications looking to make a sale. Often, however, they are spam emails seeking...more

McManis Faulkner

Hackers are Vampires - Keep Them from Feeding on Your Private Information

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According to myth, vampires can only enter your home if you let them in. Hackers, the vampires of cyber-world, are out there, waiting for you to ‘invite’ them in so they may feed on your private information. There is no...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #130 – Smartphones Targeted by Dark Caracal Attack

There is a global malware campaign that is targeting mobile devices across the world. It is called Dark Caracal, which is believed to be sourced in Beirut by the Lebanese General Security Directorate. ...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Cybersecurity Concerns Surround the Promise of Driverless Cars

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Driverless cars and driver-assist systems are poised to change transportation as profoundly and as quickly as the internet has changed shopping and communications. Examples of the first wave of this technology that is on the...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - January 2018 #2

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Health Care Organizations Saw an 89% Increase in Ransomware in 2017 - Our experience last year is consistent with the conclusion of a new report issued by Cryptonite in its 2017 Health Care Cyber Research Report—that the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - December 2017

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we discuss the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party's critique of the Privacy Shield and the Sixth Circuit's decision to consider the issue of computer fraud...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #100 – Scary Statistics on Identity Theft of Children

It is one thing to steal our identity as an adult, but children are defenseless against this type of fraud. According to Experian, it handles 25,000-30,000 cases of identity theft and fraud every year and a whopping 17...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Privacy Perils: To Insure or Not to Insure – Options for Cyberliability Insurance

The commercial cyberliability insurance market is well-established, with U.S. corporations now spending in excess of $1 billion annually on insurance premiums for coverage....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy TIp #86 - Android Users Vulnerable to Malware through Apps

University of Michigan researchers have discovered that hundreds of applications in Google Play turn Android phones into a server that allow the user to connect the phone directly to a PC and leave open insecure ports...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #59 – Check your Privacy Settings on Your LinkedIn Account

I am watching Game 7 of the World Series, and it is the bottom of the 8th and the score is 6-6. It is very difficult to concentrate on this blog post. So I am taking the easy way out and reminding you to check the...more

Nossaman LLP

Beazley Report Details Increase in Ransomware Attacks

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A report issued last week by Beazley, one of the prominent insurance companies in the cyber field, revealed what industry experts predicted earlier in the year – ransomware is an increasingly prevalent menace. That report is...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

IRS shuts down electronic filing PIN program

Last week, the IRS announced that the electronic filing personal identification number tool (e-file PIN), used by taxpayers to verify their signature on their tax filings, “is no longer available.”...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

World Energy Council warns utility industry of advanced malware

The World Energy Council recently warned the utility industry that one of the top threats to the energy sector is advanced malware attacks. The warning noted that the utility sector is vulnerable because of the size of the...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Come Back With a Warrant: Proposed Rule Change Expands the Government’s Ability to Access Electronically Stored Information in...

On April 28, 2016 the United States Supreme Court proposed a modification to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41 that significantly alters the manner in which the government can obtain search warrants to access computer...more

Troutman Pepper

Privacy Implications of CISA for Financial Institutions

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Financial institutions are attractive targets for cyber attacks due to their collection of private customer and economic information. In order to help the private sector respond more effectively to cyber attacks, President...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #18 – Beware of phishing expeditions

So I have been in the data privacy and security world for the past 16 years, and I am still amazed at how savvy hacksters are, and how vulnerable we are to their antics. And…how much havoc they can wreak personally and to our...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

VTech discloses cyberattack exposing 5 million parents and kids’ personal information

VTech, an electronic toy maker, disclosed on November 30, 2015 that it experienced a cyber-attack on its Learning Lodge app store portal on November 14, 2015, that accessed and stole the personal information of 5 million...more

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Recent Amendments to Security Breach Notification Laws Further Complicate Breach Notification for Employers

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It is not a matter of "if" but "when" an employer will be required to notify employees of a security breach.  Forty-seven states require employers to notify employees when defined categories of personal information, including...more

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