On 29 November 2024, the Australian Senate passed the Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (Cth) (the Privacy Act Bill). This follows the passage of the Cyber Security Act 2024 (Cth), and other cyber-security...more
On October 30, 2023, President Biden signed a first-of-its-kind executive order entitled, "Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence" ("AI")....more
AI may be both the most “powerful capability of our time” and the “most powerful weapon of our time." That’s according to Jen Easterly, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, when interviewed...more
Crypto is dead or on life support, waiting for regulation to rid it of ‘crypto contagion.’ Meanwhile, blockchain technology – the virtual, public ledger technology that records crypto transactions – is very much alive, as...more
Last month, on Data Privacy Day, Colorado’s Attorney General Philip Weiser released prepared remarks entitled “The Way Forward on Data Privacy and Data Security” that shed some light on his approach to enforcing Colorado’s...more
There are billions of Internet of Things (IoT) devices out there in the world and this number will only grow. I’ve written before about smart light bulbs and smart security cameras and it’s no secret that I am fascinated by...more
In today’s connected world, businesses face constant pressure to improve their cybersecurity practices and to confirm that they are meeting industry standards. To continue helping businesses achieve those goals, the SEC...more
Once the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) takes effect on January 1, 2020, the California courts will be inundated with a litany of interpretive questions. One that will no doubt surface concerns the proper...more
I travel around helping businesses, both large and small, work on assessing their cybersecurity risks and implement measures to protect data, reduce risk and comply with applicable state and federal laws. In doing so, it is...more
A global group of data privacy regulators has, for the first time, set forth data privacy and security guidance on the development of automated and connected-car technologies. ...more
This Blog first addressed the threats drones pose to the protection of Trade Secrets in June of 2014. Since then, drones continue to proliferate at a dizzying pace. Everybody and their brother has one, and drones are becoming...more
On September 29, 2015, the PCI Security Standards Council (“PCI SSC”) issued a press release and accompanying guidance to businesses for incident response management in the event of a data breach. PCI SSC is a global forum...more