By: Molly Codeanne The CEO of TikTok, Shou Zi Chew, is scheduled to appear before a congressional committee in March. TikTok has faced many allegations concerning sharing U.S. users’ data with the Chinese Communist Party. The chairs of the committee want Americans to be informed with respect to how TikTok’s actions and functions affect individuals’… Read More TikTok CEO’s Plans to Appear Before Congress
This blog discusses how Verkada, Inc., a Silicon Valley Start-up specializing in surveillance cameras, was breached by an international hacker collective. The surveillance cameras were used by various jails, hospitals, clinics, and most notably, Tesla factories. The hackers obtained access to intimate footage taken from inside these spaces thereby violating the privacy of hundreds of individuals and exposing Verkada to invasion of privacy claims. Verkada responded by disabling all unauthorized access to the cameras. This blog will include an analysis of the legal liability of Verkada, the security requirements that should have been in place, and what this may mean for the future legality of digital surveillance. … Read More See and Be Seen: Surveillance Footage Breach Results in Potential Legal Liability for Silicon Valley Start-Up
Apple has begun to implement data privacy “nutrition labels” on their App Store, displaying the type of data collected on each app’s product page for users to view. Although the legality of such labels is not in dispute, its implementation signals an ongoing step in Apple’s commitment to data privacy protection; potentially foreshadowing an industry-wide shift in privacy protection from legislative to market-based solutions. However, this method of privacy labeling may also come with heightened legal liability for Apple, necessitating the company’s dedication to transparency and truthfulness. If successfully implemented, and trusted by consumers, privacy labelling may become a staple in modern technology, a shift that could eventually be required by law or regulated by a governmental agency. … Read More Download, if You Dare: Considering the Long-Term Influence of Apple’s Privacy Labels on US Data Regulation
Brain-Computer Interfaces (“BCIs”) are wireless computer chips implanted into the brain that ultimately create an AI extension of the mind. As Elon Musk envisions using his new BCI to control smartphones, we must address the significant security and privacy risks of the technology.… Read More Mindhacker: Security & Privacy Risks of Brain-Computer Interfaces
This blog discusses how increased e-commerce since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic affects the protection of consumers. It then analyzes existing policies aimed at protecting consumer data as well as what companies are doing moving forward to ensure fraudulent activity that can exploit consumers is prevented. … Read More Online Shopping Obsession: Consumer Security Risks Brought on By E-Commerce Spike Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
This blog describes the Global Legal Hackathon event and how the event helps the legal industry take a much-needed giant step into the digital age. The blog examines how collaboration across various industries plays an integral role in confronting various technological challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the legal industry in general.… Read More Legal Industry Confronts Technological Challenges Through Global Legal Hacking
This blog discusses the potential outcome of a suit against Home Depot and Lowes for violation of the Illinois Biometrics Information Privacy Act in utilizing software which tracks the movement of individuals in their stores based on facial recognition. The merits of implementing a commercial purpose limitation on the regulation of biometric data is then discussed.… Read More For Security’s Sake: Limiting the Regulation of Biometric Data to Commercial Activity
Tinder’s decision not to use the security feature, HTTPS, may allow hackers and random individuals see your potential matches. Additionally, hackers may be able to inject images or malicious content into a user’s app feed in which other users may be able to see. Why would a dating app, such as Tinder, not act in the first place to securely encrypt a user’s information to protect his or her privacy?… Read More Be Careful of Your Swipes, You May Not Be the Only One Watching You Swipe
On September 7, 2017, Equifax, one of the nation’s largest consumer credit reporting companies, announced that hackers stole the names, birth dates, and social security numbers of up to 143 million Americans. The hack not only rekindled data security concerns, but caused an outcry over consumers’ rights.… Read More Equifax Data Breach Exposes More Than Just Personal Information
Explaining and analyzing how Snapchat Spectacles may violate privacy and security measures. … Read More Snapchat Spectacles Concerning its Privacy and Security Measures
There is an overwhelming amount of law on privacy. The Fourth Amendment has been discussed in tens of thousands of law review articles and court decisions from state appeals courts to the U.S. Supreme Court. Interestingly, very little information or law exists on facial recognition. During a Congressional hearing in late March 2017, privacy advocates became aware to the vast ability for the FBI to find someone with facial recognition.
… Read More The FBI’s Powerful Facial Recognition Software Exposed.
Start-up company, Knightscope, is in the process of making robotic mall security guards. This will ultimately raise issues of what is reasonable and unreasonable use of force, and who would be liable if unreasonable force was employed by the artificially intelligent robotic security guard.
… Read More Unauthorized Use of Force and Robotic Security Guards
By: Samantha Keefe Earlier this week Apple unveiled its new app “Apple Pay.” With just a tap of the thumb, some iPhone users are now able to pay for many in-store purchases using their smart phones. With just a simple download of the iOS 8.1 software, those who have the new iPhone 6 or iPhone… Read More Apple Pay: Triumph or Fluke?
By: Linda Vo Over the past few years, technological advancements have allowed people to streamline just about every aspect of their lives in one convenient place: their smartphones. Two weeks ago, Apple Pay was launched, enabling consumers to now securely store their credit card information on the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus devices… Read More CurrentC’s Data Breach Results in Major Setback for the Apple Pay Rival
POSTED BY Marion Goodsell The Consumer Electronics Association hailed the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend as a key to innovation in 2013. BYOD has long been in practice and has been gaining acceptance from employers, who seek the benefits of lower connectivity costs and increased productivity. However, there are potential legal and operational concerns for both employers… Read More Avoiding the Down-Sides of BYOD
POSTED BY Travis Bortz Recent reports claim that the United States infiltrated Huawei servers headquartered in China to spy on both the company and government officials. The news was generated from classified NSA documents that were released by whistle-blower Edward Snowden. The claim reports NSA has been hacking into the tech giant’s emails servers since… Read More Cyberspace: United States v. China
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