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11th Circuit Erases FTC Ruling That Ordered 'Sweeping' Data Security Program

"The cease and desist order contains no prohibitions. It does not instruct LabMD to stop committing a specific act or practice. Rather, it commands LabMD to overhaul and replace its data-security program to meet an indeterminable standard of reasonableness. This command is unenforceable,” the appeals court said.
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The Recorder

LinkedIn Names Caroline Goulding as Data Protection Officer Under GDPR

Goulding will return to her home country of Ireland, where she will help ensure that LinkedIn stays compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation.
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Legaltech News

Nervous System: The Small Start of Big Data

'Nervous System,' which approaches data privacy and cybersecurity issues from the context of history, tells the story of modern database systems and the evolution of storing data.
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National Law Journal

Two FTC Lawyers Win Liability Protection for Roles Leading Data-Breach Case

The two FTC lawyers did not violate rights of LabMD's chief-executive, the D.C. Circuit said Friday, because the agency's enforcement action against had an alternative cause: a data breach that exposed a file containing the personal information of nearly 10,000 patients.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Another Boring Digital Forensics Opinion: This One Is Simple and Complex (Part I)

Because e-discovery opinions involved technical matters that were outside of the understanding of the typical judge or attorney, I observed, such opinions tended to be exciting regardless of the legal issue that underlay them.
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Legaltech News

The Future and the Promise of Smart Contracts

Smart contracts may be new, but they hold promise in executing and performing legal agreements.
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National Law Journal

US Ban on Russian Anti-Virus Firm's Software Survives Court Challenge

“These defensive actions may very well have adverse consequences for some third parties. But that does not make them unconstitutional,” U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington said in her ruling Wednesday against Kaspersky Lab Inc.
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Legaltech News

You're Going to Need a Bigger Boat: Small Firms Face Large Privacy Requirements

Small firms can find themselves trapped between cyberattacks, like ransomware, that don't prejudice based on the size of firm, and regulators who are indifferent to your size, when investigating a potential violation.
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Law.com

What's Next: Max Schrems and Why Your Privacy Policy Still Doesn't Cut It

The inaugural day of the GDPR brought new data woes for Facebook and Google. But hey, maybe you can make some money off your data?
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The Recorder

Ninth Circuit Pumps the Brakes on Facebook Biometric Trial

The Ninth Circuit has granted an emergency motion by Facebook Inc. in its bid to defeat a privacy class action over biometric data.
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