Unmanned aerial systems (UAS or drone) operators will now face stricter oversight and inspections by local Flight Standards District Offices (FSDO) under the new National Policy issued by the Federal Aviation Administration...more
To illustrate just how creative phishing campaigns have become, on January 30, 2019, it was reported by multiple credit unions that Bank Secrecy Act officers at credit unions around the country received emails that appeared...more
2/18/2019
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Banking Sector ,
BSA/AML ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
DNA ,
Drones ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Genetic Materials ,
Genetic Testing ,
OCR ,
Phishing Scams ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Settlement ,
TCPA ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released an updated interim rule in the Federal Register which requires drone owners to display their FAA-issued registration number on the external surface of the drone. ...more
Last week, reports of “drone activity” temporarily halted flights at the Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey....more
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been busy even in the midst of the government shutdown. Last week, Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Elaine Chao unveiled a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for unmanned...more
1/25/2019
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Comment Period ,
Commercial Use ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Drones ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Public Safety ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Safety Standards ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
State Farm has become the very first company in the United States to receive a waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for drone operations over people and beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS). The waiver is...more
1/14/2019
/ Airspace ,
Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS) ,
Commercial Use ,
Drones ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Industry ,
Part 107 ,
Public Safety ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Safety Standards ,
State Farm ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ,
Waivers
New Year’s is a time to look back on the happenings of the year and focus on the lessons and reminders those events have provided. For our final newsletter of the year, we’d like to share with you our top 10 most read posts...more
12/31/2018
/ Banking Sector ,
Blockchain ,
Connected Items ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Drones ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Hackers ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Wells Fargo
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act comes with a new set of regulations for drone manufacturers. The FAAs rule is intended to impose safety standards on manufacturers. ...more
Last week, a drone pilot was arrested for flying his drone into Barclays bank building during violent winds. Steve Funes operated his drone from the balcony of his 21st floor room at The Executive Plaza Hotel on West 51st...more
Mozilla recently announced that it is adding a new security feature to its Firefox Quantum web browser that will alert users when they visit a website that has reported a data breach in the last 12 months.
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11/26/2018
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Data Breach ,
Drones ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Mozilla ,
OIG ,
Part 107 ,
Record Retention ,
Retailers ,
Waivers ,
Websites
The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) nationwide deployment of the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) system has processed more than 50,000 applications from drone operators for authorization...more
Last week, a new audit report was released regarding the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) unmanned aircraft system (UAS or drone) waiver process. According to that audit, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has...more
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), at the request of the Department of Defense (DOD) and the United States Coast Guard (USCG), issued new drone operating restrictions to address concerns about potentially malicious...more
11/1/2018
/ Airspace ,
Coast Guard ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Drones ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
National Security ,
Public Safety ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Safety Standards ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ,
USCG
Avitas Systems, a General Electric (GE) venture, received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval to fly a large unmanned aerial system (UAS or drone) beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) of the operator in Loving...more
10/29/2018
/ Airspace ,
Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS) ,
Commercial Use ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Drones ,
Energy Sector ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
General Electric ,
Part 107 ,
Public Safety ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Safety Standards ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ,
Waivers
Many consumers are unaware that retailers use facial recognition technology in retail stores to monitor shoppers and prevent shoplifting. Consumers see cameras in retail stores and assume they are there to monitor for...more
10/15/2018
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
COPPA ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Driverless Cars ,
Drones ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
OIG ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Title III ,
Trump Administration ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ,
Website Accessibility ,
Website Owner Liability ,
Websites
On October 5, 2018, President Trump signed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act which establishes new conditions for the recreational use of drones and immediately repealed the Special Rule for Model...more
Drone pilots who interfere with those fighting wildfires, conducting law enforcement tasks, or other first responders (such as medical flights) are now more likely to face serious civil penalties. Last week, the Federal...more
10/8/2018
/ Airspace ,
Aviation Industry ,
Drones ,
Emergency Response ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
New Guidance ,
Public Safety ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Technology Sector ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced new partners in its Low Altitude and Notification Capability (LAANC) initiative. ...more
10/8/2018
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Applications ,
Commercial Use ,
Drones ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Part 107 ,
Public Safety ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Safety Standards ,
Service Professionals ,
Technology Sector ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ,
Waivers
For the first time in the U.S., a commercial drone equipped with a parachute safety system was permitted to fly over people during a football game in North Dakota last week....more
10/8/2018
/ Airspace ,
Commercial Use ,
Drones ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Football ,
Part 107 ,
Public Safety ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Safety Standards ,
Spectator Sports ,
Technology Sector ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ,
Waivers
Schneider Electric recently issued a consumer warning that it mistakenly shipped to its customers USB drives that were infected with malware. Schneider Electric stated in its alert that “Schneider Electric has determined that...more
9/24/2018
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Building Inspectors ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Drones ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Hackers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Hurricane Florence ,
Malware ,
Natural Disasters ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Real Estate Development ,
Risk Management ,
Safe Harbors ,
San Francisco ,
Scams ,
Social Security Numbers ,
Successor Liability ,
Utilities Sector ,
Website Accessibility ,
Websites ,
Yahoo!
As of last week, the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) is nationwide. We wrote about the FAA’s initiation of LAANC in April, with incremental deployment at...more
We all remember Kronos—the malicious malware that was sold by Russian underground forums in 2014 for $7,000. If you bought it, you were promised updates and development of new modules. The Kronos developers recently released...more
9/17/2018
/ Adidas ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Drones ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Hackers ,
Healthcare ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Hurricane Season ,
Malware ,
OCR ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Scams ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) administrator, Dan Elwell, said last week, “Drones are going to do for aviation what the internet did for information,” and called on the industry to work with the FAA to fully integrate...more
Last week, on the two-year anniversary of the small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) rule (or Part 107), a report was released by the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) stating that the Federal...more
It has been reported that a hacker was able to break into the servers of TheTruthSpy, a company that is described as “one of the most notorious stalkerware companies out there” (Motherboard, August 2018) and was able to steal...more
9/4/2018
/ Airspace ,
Arbitration ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Blockchain ,
Commercial Use ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Do Not Call List ,
Drones ,
Emerging Technology Companies ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Hackers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Safety Standards ,
Southwest Airlines ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems