Stephen Treglia

January 28, 2019 | New York Law Journal

In this E-Communications column, Stephen Treglia recaps the past year, writing: 2018 clearly was a very good year for data privacy statutes, regulations and case law. In fact, it was unquestionably the best year ever, by far.

By Stephen Treglia

10 minute read

July 30, 2018 | New York Law Journal

In his E-Communications column, Stephen Treglia writes: Late last month, SCOTUS issued its most far-reaching expansion of the right to privacy in over 50 years in Carpenter v. United States. While not completely abandoning legal precedent that had been black-letter law, it is most certainly the first injection of the color gray. 

By Stephen Treglia

2 minute read

May 28, 2018 | New York Law Journal

What should concern every entity that possesses someone else's personal data is the fact that the rapid recent evolution of cybersecurity laws and regulations so soon after the start of the 21st century readily implies the dust is, as of yet, far from settled.

By Stephen Treglia

12 minute read

January 29, 2018 | New York Law Journal

In his Cross-Border concerns column, Stephen Treglia writes: Time is running out for lawyers representing certain types of business entities, specifically, those in the financial sector and those doing business in the EU, and there is still much work left to do. The window is closing regarding when critical personal data belonging to those businesses that are in a lawyer's possession must be shielded from unauthorized access over the lawyer's computer systems. Incidentally, if your clients are involved in health care, that same window closed a few years ago.

By Stephen Treglia

10 minute read

October 30, 2017 | New York Law Journal

In his Cross-Border Concerns column, Stephen Treglia analyzes the question: How is it possible that a computer system can be so well locked-down that no hacker can successfully gain access, and yet the entity in charge of protecting that data be considered out-of-compliance?

By Stephen Treglia

9 minute read

August 28, 2017 | New York Law Journal

In his E-Communications column, Stephen Treglia writes: Data-protection methodology has been with humans for thousands of years, but only recently has it increasingly become a ubiquitous part of our technology-driven lives. Inevitably, legal issues have begun to arise regarding this form of technology. Least surprising, search-and-seizure issues regarding law enforcement's attempts to circumvent data-protection methods are at the forefront. The first-half of 2017 has produced some interesting results and court analyses

By Stephen Treglia

10 minute read

May 30, 2017 | New York Law Journal

In his E-Communications column, Stephen Treglia writes: Granted, the future regarding how various cybersecurity laws and regulations will be enforced against lawyers and law firms is not yet completely certain. But if early history is any indication, the legal profession must awaken and start taking notice and action before it becomes too late.

By Stephen Treglia

16 minute read

January 30, 2017 | New York Law Journal

In his E-Communications column, Stephen Treglia writes: What sense can businesses that possess their customers' or clients' personal data make of the new administration's unclear stance on cybersecurity regulations? Many entities have either already invested heavily in developing internal policies and security staff to avoid regulatory penalties or civil lawsuits or are planning to do so in the very near future. Should they continue to do so or should they dismantle or halt the process?

By Stephen Treglia

14 minute read

August 29, 2016 | New York Law Journal

In his Cross-Border Concerns column, Stephen Treglia of Absolute Software Corporation writes: The ultimate successful implementation of the Privacy Shield and all it will mean to EU-U.S. commercial relations are still not a total certainty. Several rough edges need to be smoothed, approval steps are still underway, and litigation attacks are almost certainly imminent.

By Stephen Treglia

16 minute read

March 29, 2016 | New York Law Journal

In his E-Communications column, Stephen Treglia discusses data privacy in Europe and writes: Until the formal adoption of the Privacy Shield, U.S. companies continue to be at increased risk of privacy violations while handling and/or processing EU citizens' personal data during this period between the abolition of Safe Harbor and the passage of the Shield.

By Stephen Treglia

18 minute read