A bipartisan group of senators who authored cybersecurity legislation last year plan to introduce a compromise cybersecurity bill that will be examined at a hearing next Thursday.
10 February 2012
A federal jury in Texas has declared invalid patents for interactive web technology claimed by Michael Doyle and his patent holding company Eolas.
10 February 2012
A US federal judge has granted the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) an accelerated briefing schedule for its lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over Google’s new privacy policy.
10 February 2012
With ‘privacy’ such an emotive and complex issue, Canadian companies should note that an action for tort (civil action) for ‘intrusion upon seclusion’ has been recognized by the Ontario Appeal Court.
09 February 2012
Two US lawsuits, both involving producers of adult content, raise interesting questions: is the owner of an unsecured WiFi responsible for all downloaded material, and can you copyright pornography?
08 February 2012
On January 30 Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner responsible for the Digital Agenda, gave a speech on ‘Public-private cooperation in cyber-security.’ She gave three clues on what can be expected in the “European Strategy for Internet Security, due later this year.”
07 February 2012
Protests against the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Agreement (ACTA) have been organized across Europe, with most set to take place on February 11.
07 February 2012
In two recent posts, data protection legal training company Amberhawk discusses some of the key new developments from the EU Data Protection Regulation.
06 February 2012
The 2012 data protection survey undertaken by the Irish Computer Society (ICS) shows that a higher number of data breaches are the result of internal failures and lack of awareness than are the result of external theft.
06 February 2012
Microsoft is a myth maker when it comes to Google’s new privacy policy, the search giant is charging.
03 February 2012