February 5, 2024: Destroying Solid State Drives - The Tip of the Night for March 25, 2022, mentioned that the data on solid state drives cannot be degaussed because such drives do not use magnetic fields to store data. A USB...more
January 7, 2024: Creating a Random Series of Numbers in Excel for QC - If you need to generate a list of random numbers in Excel you may want to avoid using the RANDBETWEEN formula....more
The disposal of hardware in the wrong manner can leave an organization offside its regulatory obligations under privacy legislation. Depending on the residence of the individuals or entities whose personal data is stored by...more
The much-anticipated Security Assessment Measures for Outbound Data Transfers (hereinafter referred to as "the Measures") of China has already come into effect on September 1, 2022, and on the eve of the effective date, the...more
Once again – twice again, actually – FINRA has used Rule 8210 as a cudgel, beating the poor unfortunate recipients of the “request” for documents and information into submission, or worse. This has got to stop. The first...more
I have been waiting for a while to write about this issue, since it arose in an Enforcement case I handled for a client, and I wanted the matter to run its full course at FINRA before I started throwing stones. Sadly, there...more
It is increasingly common that there are disputes with employees at the end of employment about whether or not they have taken or retained an employer’s confidential information. Most employers in the UK have a provision...more
An Illinois appellate court has vacated a trial court’s order compelling the forensic imaging of several personal computers used by plaintiff, applying a balancing test that takes into account both the proportionality rule...more
All of you reading this know I hate USB drives. I despise them. They are dead to me and you can’t talk me into allowing any company to use them unless they are controlled by IT and are encrypted at all times....more