The Washington Post reported that “Facebook was not honest about its ability to identify users who had both Facebook and WhatsApp accounts and link those accounts” during Facebook acquisition in 2014. The May 18, 2017 report entitled “Facebook will pay $122 million in fines to the E.U.” included…
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The New York Times reported that “Target will pay $18.5 million to 47 states and the District of Columbia as part of a settlement with state attorneys general over a huge security breach that compromised the data of millions of customers.” The May 23, 2017 report entitled “Target to Pay…
Continue Reading Cyber breach costs Target more than $220 million!
The New York Times reported that Universal Secure Registry’s filed a lawsuit against Apple and Visa alleging that “Apple Pay digital payment technology violates its patents.” The May 21, 2017 article in the New York Times was entitled “Apple Pay Violates Patents Held by Security Technology Inventor, Lawsuit Allege…
The eCommerceTimes column described combining “AI with blockchain allows for the secure, transparent review of data that is changed or moved over time, giving both the buyer and seller confidence in the validity, title and transfer of that bridge in Brooklyn.” The May 18, 2017 column written by my Gardere…
Continue Reading Get Ready for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the middle of Blockchain!
The New York Times reported that “more than half the nation’s primary- and secondary-school students — more than 30 million children — use Google education apps like Gmail and Docs.” The May 13, 2017 report entitled “How Google Took Over the Classroom” included the observation that Google has…
Coindesk recently published a blog which “attacks the idea that true immutability can be achieved in blockchain systems, arguing a more relative definition of this feature better encapsulates what’s the technology can achieve.” The May 9, 2017 article entitled “The Blockchain Immutability Myth” was a blog from “Dr. …
My Guest Blogger Eddie Block (CISSP, CIPM, CIPP/G, CISA, CEH) is a senior attorney in Gardere’s Litigation Group and member of the Cybersecurity and Privacy Legal Services Team who focuses on all aspects of information cyber security, including credentialing functions, firewall and IDS deployment and monitoring, and penetration testing, and…
Continue Reading GUEST BLOG: Attorney Client Privilege Lost in the Cloud!
CIO from IDG reported that the first state to legalize Blockchain with this description “A record or contract that is secured through blockchain technology is considered to be in an electronic form and to be an electronic record.” The May 4, 2017 article entitled “Is blockchain technology secure for…
Continue Reading Arizona passes a law recognizing that Blockchain is secure!
Gardere’s recent webinar includes a discussion about the future legal issues of Blockchain. Of course I think Blockchain will change the world since bitcoin, which relies on Blockchain, and other Blockchain uses currently impact everyone on earth. You are welcome to watch the April 26, 2017 “Blockchain Legal Risks”…
Proofpoint’s report states that spearphising/BEC “have collectively scammed victims out of more than $2 billion globally” and that these “threats have hit more than 7,000 companies since the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) began tracking this type of scam in late 2013.” When I blogged about the FBI report…
