October 01, 2014 | New Jersey Law Journal
How to Defend Against Data BreachesYou may have to make political waves to protect your organization from data breaches, but it's worth it.
By Stephen Treglia
6 minute read
September 30, 2014 | New York Law Journal
NSA's Successes and Hurdles Caused by Snowden's RevelationsIn his E-Communications column, Stephen Treglia, legal counsel for the Investigations Section at Absolute Software Corporation, analyzes litigation stemming from the National Security Agency's program authorizing the bulk collection of cellphone metadata, a program revealed to the public in June 2013 as a result of information Edward Snowden had turned over to the media.
By Stephen Treglia
12 minute read
September 23, 2014 | Legaltech News
How to Defend Against Data BreachesVendor Voice: You may have to make political waves to protect your organization.
By Stephen Treglia
6 minute read
July 29, 2014 | New York Law Journal
Decisions Limit Government's Access to Stored Digital DataIn his E-Communications column, Stephen Treglia, legal counsel at Absolute Software Corporation, writes: In its latest decision, 'Riley v. California', the Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement may not utilize the warrant exception of search incident to a lawful arrest to justify a warrantless search of the contents of a cell phone. What makes Riley particularly interesting is that its holding flies in the face of lengthy historical precedent merely because the item being seized from the arrested individual is a miniature computer.
By Stephen Treglia
12 minute read
May 06, 2014 | New York Law Journal
A Rejected New York Holding Resurrects ElsewhereIn his E-Communications column, Stephen Treglia discusses recent decisions issued in California and Nebraska in which the courts justified their holdings using a 2010 Appellate Division case—a holding that was rejected, with considerable notoriety, by the Court of Appeals in 2012.
By Stephen Treglia
12 minute read
December 31, 2013 | New York Law Journal
A Slippery Slope Gets SlipperierIn his E-Communications column, Stephen Treglia, legal counsel at Absolute Software Corporation, writes: While the third-party rule used to be clear and undisputable and it was much easier to predict one's way through the digital world, recent decisions demonstrate that restricting the sharing of digital information to limited subsets of individuals can result in different, unpredictable outcomes.
By Stephen Treglia
12 minute read
October 29, 2013 | New York Law Journal
The Escalating Pace of Privacy Protection Laws and RegulationsIn his Cross-Border Concerns column, Stephen Treglia, legal counsel at Absolute Software Corporation, writes: Just as the volume and mobility of data that can be used to identify a person has significantly increased over the past few years, so has the law's attempt to control and maintain the privacy of such revealing information. And while ensuring the security of such important information has become a rapidly escalating logistical nightmare, the continually evolving legal landscape is currently only adding to the problem.
By Stephen Treglia
12 minute read
July 30, 2013 | New York Law Journal
Analyzing the Post-'Jones' ExplosionIn his E-Communications column, Stephen Treglia, legal counsel at Absolute Software Corporation, writes that in the 18 months since 'Jones' was decided, that case has been cited in nearly 50 published decisions, four of which are the focus of this article.
By Stephen Treglia
11 minute read
March 27, 2012 | New York Law Journal
Computer Forensic Advances Raise Complex IssuesIn his Digital Evidence column, Stephen Treglia, legal counsel at Absolute Software Corporation, writes: Probably no forensic realm has seen a more expansive increase in capabilities than the analysis of digital devices, and this reality was brought home in what were certainly the two most prominent trials of 2011 - 'State of Florida v. Casey Anthony' and 'People of the State of California v. Conrad Murray.' In both cases, the timelines generated by digital forensic evidence played significant roles in the prosecutions' respective attempts to prove guilt.
By Stephen Treglia
12 minute read
November 29, 2011 | New York Law Journal
International Cybercrime Laws a Hopeless Fantasy?In his E-Communications column. Stephen Treglia, legal counsel at Absolute Software Corporation, writes that the foreseeability of a day when users of computer networks can work with even minimal fear of being victims of criminal activity is nowhere in sight.
By Stephen Treglia
11 minute read