On the End of Relevance; Federal Judge Says NSA Phone Data Collection is Constitutional
Posted on: 02 Jan 2014
The National Security Agency’s mass collection of telephone data does not violate the Constitution, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) ruled last week.…
After the Breach – A Legal Target (Volume Il: The Losers)
Posted on: 27 Dec 2013
In Volume l, I discussed the liability that Target may have to its customers as a result of the data breach. But that is only the beginning of Target’s potential legal…
After the Breach – A Legal Target (Volume I)
Posted on: 26 Dec 2013
In the wake of the massive Target data breach, consumers and others may be inclined to go to their lawyers and ask the stupidest question you can ever ask a…
2014 Year In Review – Privacy and Security
Posted on: 22 Dec 2013
Wow, what a year 2014 was. Most people write a “year in review” at the end of the year. I decided to beat the rush and write my 2014 privacy and security…
2014 Year In Review – Privacy and Security
Posted on: 22 Dec 2013
Wow, what a year 2014 was. Most people write a “year in review” at the end of the year. I decided to beat the rush and write my 2014 privacy and security…
Looking Forward and Back at the US Court Ruling on the NSA Data Mining
Posted on: 16 Dec 2013
In a groundbreaking and precedent-setting decision, United States District Judge Richard Leon on December 16 found that the NSA’s previously secret program to capture the “metadata” in every single telephone…
Don’t Spy On Me, I’d Rather Be Safe
Posted on: 11 Dec 2013
In this space, guest contributor Gail Bronson defended the NSA’s mass surveillance program, taking the side of former NSA General Counsel Stew Baker against that of Georgetown University professor David…
Legal Issues in Penetration Testing
Posted on: 26 Nov 2013
When I was a kid growing up in the Bronx, a high school buddy got a job as a “security tester” at the Alexander’s department store on Fordham Road. His job…
Distributed Denial of Service Attacks – Who is Legally Liable?
Posted on: 19 Nov 2013
It seems that the Obamacare website, http://www.healthcare.gov, has had a spot of trouble lately. However, obscured in all the debate over the policy of the Affordable Care Act and all…
Privacy for Sale
Posted on: 13 Nov 2013
It recently was revealed that AT&T was selling call data to the CIA for $10 million a year. This is in addition to the millions of dollars the company was paid…