The SafePay ransomware group has been active since fall 2024 and has increased its activity this spring and summer. According to NCC Group, SafePay hit the most victims of any threat actor in May 2025—it is linked to 248 victims…
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/ Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
In a significant win for Royal Caribbean Cruises, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit that alleged the cruise line’s website violated a California privacy law by using a TikTok tracking tool. The case, Kishnani v. Royal…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Malwarebytes recently reported that it has found scammers hijacking websites of name brands, including banks, software companies, and social media platforms to trick victims into calling a fraudulent telephone number instead of…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Last week, we introduced you to the ARMA IGIM Framework. What’s next? Every successful Information Governance (IG) program starts with a strong base…
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/ Business Organizations, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Incogni recently issued its “Gen AI and LLM Data Privacy Ranking 2025” where it “delved deep into the most popular LLMs and developed a set of 11 criteria for assessing data privacy risks associated with advanced machine…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
On June 27, 2025, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a warning on X to the airline and transportation sectors that the notorious cyber criminal ring Scattered Spider is attacking those sectors…
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/ Science, Computers, & Technology, Transportation
On July 1, 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement with Healthline Media LLC stemming from alleged violations of the state’s consumer privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). According…
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/ Consumer Protection, Health, Privacy
On June 30, 2025, a Joint Advisory was issued by the National Security Agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center issued a…
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/ Science, Computers, & Technology
When assessing cybersecurity risk in your organization, it is important to understand your users and their behavior. A new study by Keepnet sheds light on new hire behavior concerning phishing susceptibility. According to its…
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/ Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
On June 13, 2025, a federal court in the Northern District of California held that a putative Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) class action lawsuit belonged in arbitration, thanks to the defendant company’s arbitration…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Communications & Media Law, Privacy
Are you storing sensitive data on a shared network drive? If so, your organization could be at serious risk of a data breach or privacy lawsuit. Shared drives, like the common “S:\ drive,” are often used to store documents,…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
We are seeing an increase in cybersquatting incidents. What is cybersquatting and how can it affect you?
According to Sentinel One, cybersquatting, or domain squatting, “involves the registration, selling, or use of an…
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/ Consumer Protection, Intellectual Property, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
On June 6, 2025, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders aimed at significantly reshaping the future of drone policy in the United States. One focuses on protecting national airspace from malicious drone threats,…
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/ Administrative Law, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology, Transportation
We have previously outlined several cases where lawyers have been sanctioned by courts for citing fake cases generated by artificial intelligence (AI), also known as “hallucinations.”…
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/ Civil Procedure, Electronic Discovery, Law Practice Products & Services, Professional Malpractice, Science, Computers, & Technology
On June 3, 2025, the California Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 690 (SB 690) in a 35-0 vote, a strong show of support for reining in a flood of lawsuits that have taken many companies by surprise over the last few years…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
