FCC (Federal Communications Commission) Chair Tom Wheeler proposed that ISPs (Internet Service Providers) “would be able to use and share customer information with their affiliates to market other communications-related services unless you “opt out” and ask them not to. All other uses and sharing of your personal data would require…
Continue Reading Can the FCC’s proposed new ISP rules succeed in protecting privacy?
Verizon confessed its violation of privacy laws and agreed to “pay a fine of $1,350,000 and implement a compliance plan that requires it to obtain customer opt-in consent prior to sharing a customer’s UIDH [Unique Identifier Headers] with a third party to deliver targeted advertising.” On March 7, 2016 the…
31 year old Michael Daniel Rubens confessed that “he publicly humiliated dozens of young women by hacking into their online accounts, including e-mail and social media, stealing photographs and other personal information, using the photographs to create pornography and posting the pornographic images on social media websites and on a…
IBM announced the acquisition of Resilient Systems which will be “industry’s first integrated end-to-end platform combining analytics, forensics, vulnerability management and incident response” according to PCWorld. The report entitled “IBM to buy Resilient Systems, bringing security guru Bruce Schneier on board” on February 29, 2016 included these comments:…
Darkreading identified trivia about the US that cybercrime “costs the average US firm $15 million per year” in its “Cybercrime And Hacking Atlas” Guide about “cybercrime threat and target trends in 10 notable countries.” Among other details the Guide included these Notable Hackers:
Russia: Evgeniy Bogachev, also known…
Continue Reading Surprised? US ranks a measly No. 9 in cybercrime and hacking threats!
Kaspersky Lab reported that employee education is not just a nice add-on but it’s “the core element of prevention.” The November 15, 2015 “Threats from Within” report included this statement which is hardly a surprise:
Top threats came from software vulnerabilities and accidental actions by staff, including mistakenly…
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center reportedly paid “the equivalent of $17,000 in bitcoins to restore control of its computer systems” according to Judy Greenwald’s report in BusinessInsurance.com on February 18, 2016. Although there was no alleged HIPAA violation reported the Medical Center, a private 434-bed facility, issued a statement on February…
Continue Reading Hospital pays a bitcoin ransom! Was there a HIPAA Violation?
Now on to the President for signature is a law that “would prohibit states from taxing Internet access and from levying any new taxes that target Internet services with no offline equivalent.” Networkworld reported that the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act was included in a trade enforcement bill passed…
Continue Reading Great news for eCommerce! Congress passes Permanent Ban on Internet Taxes!
Reuters reported that the “French data protection authority on Monday gave Facebook three months to stop tracking non-users’ web activity without their consent and ordered the social network to stop some transfers of personal data to the United States.” The February 8, 2016 report entitled “French data privacy regulator…
Continue Reading Uh oh! Facebook accused of breaching EU Privacy laws!
FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez praised the new identitytheft.gov website because millions “of Americans have been victims of identity theft, and until now, there has not been a single site where they can quickly file an official complaint and then get real, personalized help.” The January 28, 2016 FTC announcement included…
Continue Reading Identity stolen? Then check out the FTC’s website identitytheft.gov!
