Topic
Encryption Law
216 published works
The Ethical Investigator
Fight Hackers with Encryption
With all the focus on tech IPOs that reward gaming and chatting, it’s nice to see a company dedicated to privacy getting a little of bit of venture cash behind…
Health IT Law Blog
HealthNet and Connecticut settle breach suit
In November of 2009, health insurance provider HealthNet reported a loss of a portable disk drive (which occurred six months prior to HealthNet's report). The disk drive contained compressed, though…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
HIT Policy Committee Workgroup Recommends Encryption Mandate
The Health IT Policy Committee’s Privacy and Security workgroup has recommended that patient data exchanged between providers for treatment purposes be governed by policies that “at least” include encryption. The…
Government Contracts & Investigations Blog
Administration to Expedite Encryption Reviews and Amend ITAR Citizenship Definition
In comments released on March 12, 2010, the Administration announced that it will be shifting the current encryption review request process under 15 C.F.R. section 740.17 to an on-line system,…
Cashman IP Law Blog
Encryption when searching for patents?
By Rob Cashman (www.cashmanlawfirm.com)
LinkedIn Question by Vagelis Hristidis: Desired Features or Properties of a Patents Search Engine I have been working for a year now on a search engine for patents. Clearly, a…
Proskauer on Privacy
What Happens in Vegas Really Does Stay in Vegas (Unless It Is Encrypted)
S.B. 227, which becomes effective on January 1, 2010, will require encryption of all personal information leaving the "logical or physical controls of the data collector," including electronic data on…
Health IT Law Blog
$50,000 Laptops: Average cost to employers in case of breach
A new study of 138 laptop-loss cases suffered over a recent 12-month period by 29 organizations, found that, on average, each lost or stolen laptop cost the employer $49,246. About…
Litigation & Trial
“Busting the Multipass Erasure Myth” — Don’t Forget Encryption And Hacking Myths, Too
Craig Ball tells it how it is: Ambling along the back roads of listservs and blogs, I often come upon a flea-bitten claim that, "Top notch computer forensic examiners have…
Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration
Google Docs — Still a Risk for the Casual User?
By Tom Mighell
How secure are your Google Docs? If you use Gmail, you may recall that a few months ago Google turned on SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption -- the protocol that…
Proskauer on Privacy
UK Court Parts with US Court regarding Compelled Disclosure of Encryption Keys
On October 9, in the case R v. S and A [2008] EWCA Crim 2177, the Criminal Division of the England and Wales Court of Appeal held that requiring criminal…