Privacy & Compliance
All You Need Is Love (All They Want Is Your Wallet): A Brief Review of Online Romance Scams
Perhaps no tenet of the human experience has inspired greater artistic expression than the concept of romantic love. Humans often yearn to find that special someone. However, as we know from literature, love stories don’t always have a happy ending. In my first installment of an ongoing series about Internet crimes, I take a look…
Read MoreCCPA: What You Need to Know About California’s New Privacy Law
Privacy is taking center stage in today’s digital world. Individuals around the globe demand increased privacy rights as data breaches become the norm and companies sell personal data. The governments of the world are answering this demand with a slew of new privacy laws that leave companies scrambling to keep pace. These laws include the…
Read MorePrivacy in the Digital Age: The Necessary Actions
In Part One, Privacy in the Digital Age: The Issues, we discussed several cases involving the amount of data that is available and the lack of privacy laws. Today we’ll look further into what we need to do as consumers, governments and companies to address these problems. We need to be proactive instead of reactive…
Read MorePrivacy in the Digital Age: The Issues
In the digital age, we are always on our phones, tablets and computers. There are cameras everywhere. In fact, even our refrigerators are smart. So, what’s the correct balance between personal data privacy and access to evidence by law enforcement? How do we manage security vs. privacy? What rights do companies have to use and…
Read MoreLaw Enforcement Portals: Gateways to Compliance’s Future
We have all seen the classic police dramas where uniformed officers knock on a door with search warrant in hand. On the news, we’ve witnessed investigators pouring out of a building with boxes of potential evidence. For countless years, this was how police work was done. But in the digital age how can they “search”…
Read More5 Ways to Keep Your Child Safe Online
My 10-year-old niece was recently gifted with her dad’s old smartphone. While it doesn’t have phone service, it sure is WiFi enabled – as evidenced by the 10 selfies she posted to Snapchat just an hour ago. It seems as if all her classmates have similar privileges as they are also constantly posting to social…
Read MoreWho is Reading My E-mail?
In the Middle Ages, important documents were closed using wax seals. This was done to prevent unauthorized access. Those letters (or perhaps just junk mail) in your mailbox have been sealed by glue for generations. It’s safe to say the concept of protecting our private written word is nothing new. But what protects our e-mail…
Read More5 Ways to Protect Your Internet of Things
We’re firmly in the post-holiday season. Finally, all the stress of shopping and travel is over. Now that you have time to breathe, maybe you’re just now getting around to setting up all those cool new smart home devices you were gifted. Some of the hottest gifts this holiday season included the Amazon Show and…
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