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El Comité Europeo de Protección de Datos y el targeting en redes sociales

Hogan Lovells on 9/10/2020

Nadie puede ignorar la importancia de las redes sociales hoy en día. A nivel usuario, se han erigido como uno de los principales canales de comunicación y pilar de las nuevas (o no tan nuevas) generaciones, y a nivel de...more

Interactive Counsel Newsletter: Privacy Report: FBI Issues Updated Ransomware Guidance

ArentFox Schiff on 11/21/2019

FBI Issues Updated Ransomware Guidance - A recent report from New Zealand-based cybersecurity firm Emsisoft has revealed the extent to which ransomware is being used in cyberattacks in the United States. The first 9 months...more

Facebook Acknowledges Breach of Sensitive Date for Nearly 30 Million Users

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/18/2018

As we previously noted, Facebook originally announced a breach late last month, where hackers took advantage of a code vulnerability in the website’s “View As” feature, to access user’s data. ...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2018

Robinson & Cole LLP on 10/8/2018

On October 1, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its “Medical Device Cybersecurity Regional Incident Preparedness and Response Playbook” to address continued threats to medical devices that could affect...more

Too Good to Be True: Cyber Safety Tips

K2 Integrity on 9/6/2018

When seasoned investigators are exposed to online scams, the protective warnings they give to others on social media safety and internet fraud suddenly become real. Read on to see how one of our own dodged an online rental...more

Would You Like Malware with Your Grumpy Cat Meme?

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog on 3/22/2018

Social media companies like Facebook and Twitter have written “white papers” and devoted considerable resources to projects intended to create services that encourage trust and a sense of familiarity on the part of users....more

Privacy Tip #125 – Check + Set LinkedIn Privacy Settings

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 2/8/2018

It is well known that hackers and fraudsters surf Facebook to find individuals who have not protected their information through Facebook’s privacy settings. People put a lot of information on Facebook that is very personal...more

Cybersecurity Awareness: Limiting Your Exposure and Visibility

K2 Integrity on 10/18/2017

We spend so much time on our mobile phones and on social media, yet often we don’t think of how these tools are broadcasting our lives as we work and play. With just a few steps, you can limit what you are digitally telling...more

The Doxing Dilemma: A Popular Tactic of Social Activists and Cyber Bullies Alike Remains Mostly Legal

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog on 8/22/2017

After counter-protests ended in tragedy, a small group of social media users took to Twitter to expose the identities of the white supremacists and neo-Nazis rallying in Charlottesville, Va. Since last Sunday, the...more

Social Media’s Expanding Distribution of Internet Advertising Impacts Privacy and Security

McGuireWoods LLP on 6/2/2016

Last week, social media giant Facebook announced an expansion of its online advertising business to include serving ads to users who are not members of Facebook. Under a press posting titled “Bringing People Better Ads,”...more

Coordinated Hackers Infiltrate 200 Targeted Employees’ LinkedIn Networks

King & Spalding on 10/21/2015

Cybersecurity researchers at the Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit (“Dell CTU”) uncovered a network of approximately 25 fake LinkedIn profiles that Dell CTU believes were used by an Iran-linked hacker group to establish at...more

That is SO last week - July 2015 #3

Zelle LLP on 7/21/2015

There’s just no rest for employment lawyers this summer. We had another exciting week. The biggest news was the EEOC’s ruling that Title VII prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The agency found that...more

Internet Of Things, News Websites Fare Poorly In Security And Privacy Review

King & Spalding on 6/25/2015

On June 16, the Online Trust Alliance, an industry group focused on developing and encouraging best practices in online security and privacy, announced that a recent audit of approximately 1,000 websites showed that 46%...more

Cybersecurity in the Workplace: Obama's Proposals and More

Baker Donelson on 1/28/2015

In the past five years, employers both big and small have become accustomed to social media and increased technology in the workplace. Everyone and their parents are on Facebook, and one cannot go anywhere without being asked...more

Alert: Pro-ISIS Hackers Targeting Media Outlets

Cooley LLP on 1/15/2015

Recent widely publicized cyberattacks have made clear that nation-state hackers are now hacking companies for political purposes and they appear to be focused on broadcasters and other media companies....more

In with the New: 2015 Privacy, Advertising and Digital Media Predictions – Part II

McDermott Will & Emery on 1/15/2015

More predictions about privacy, advertising and digital media trends making headlines in 2015 from Of Digital Interest editor Bridget O’Connell and predictions from our London office by Rob Lister...more

Poetic Justice – 2014 Wrap Up (Part 1 of 2)

Cozen O'Connor on 12/19/2014

This is the time of year to anxiously look forward to all that is anticipated to come in 2015. But it is also the time to look back at all that has happened in 2014. Rather than simply give you links to all of my stimulating...more

Top 10 Privacy Considerations for Digital Marketing Campaigns

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 6/10/2014

In today’s competitive marketplace, companies are relying heavily on innovative and edgy digital marketing campaigns to promote their products and services that often include the submission of usergenerated content, viral...more

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