In May 2017, ransomware known as WannaCry affected computers in organizations around the world, encrypting data and demanding “ransoms” of between $300 and $600, payable in Bitcoin. WannaCry spread through organizations’...more
On October 18, 2017, the EU Commission released its report of the first annual review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework. The Privacy Shield is the successor of the Safe Harbor Agreement which was invalidated by the...more
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On September 30, 2014, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law an expansion of current California data breach laws. The bill, AB 1710, which was introduced in the wake of several high-profile data breaches, builds on...more