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FTC announces agenda for workshop exploring practices, privacy implications of comprehensive collection of web data

  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 26 2012

The FTC has announced a preliminary agenda for a program it calls "The Big Picture: Comprehensive Data Collection."

Videogame maker sued over optional two-factor authentication service

  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 20 2012

Blizzardmaker of the video games Diablo III and World of Warcraftwas sued last week in California over its two-factor authentication service

"Privacy: why Europeans think you're inadequate"

  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • -
  • European Union, USA
  • -
  • November 20 2012

Gant Redmon of Co3 Systems has an interesting take on the differences in U.S. and EU privacy regimes in a Security Week column entitled, "Privacy: Why Europeans Think You're Inadequate."

Another Massachusetts health care provider hit with big HIPAA settlement: Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary pays $1.5 million

  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 18 2012

Late yesterday, the HHS Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") announced that it had reached a $1.5 million settlement with Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates, Inc. ("MEEI") to settle potential HIPAA Security violations

Mobile phone security: flawed out of the box?

  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 10 2012

According to an article in the Wall Street Journal last week (subscription required), smartphone makers are receiving an increasing number of requests from U.S. law enforcement agencies for assistance in bypassing password protections on encrypted mobile devices seized from criminal suspects

New Hampshire federal court interprets the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act more narrowly than Massachusetts federal court and dismisses claims based on violations of computer use restrictions

  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 9 2012

A recent case from the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire highlights the split between the District of New Hampshire and the District of Massachusetts over the proper interpretation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), 18 U.S.C. 1030, in particular the phrase "exceeds authorized access."

White House states support for Sen. Lieberman's Cybersecurity Act of 2012

  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 26 2012

The Obama Administration officially put its weight behind Sen. Lieberman's Cybersecurity Act of 2012, with the issuance of the following Statement of Administration Policy

New York Appellate Division picks a side in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act circuit split in two sentences

  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 10 2012

One issue I've written about here and here is the split among the federal circuit courts regarding the interpretation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) as it applies to employees who steal their employers' confidential information

Board oversight and cybersecurity - what are the risks to your company?

  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 8 2012

Does your board exercise proper oversight over cybersecurity risks?

Publicizing privacy threats, real and imagined

  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 20 2012

“There is no such thing as bad publicity” goes the old adage, but sometimes casting the glare of publicity on non-issues can obscure real and pressing issues from public view