I first started paying attention to blockchain at ILTACON17 when I noticed how often it was cited in security sessions. The ILTA sessions helped me learn more about how blockchain tools were dealing with these issues. And I’ve continued to monitor the growth of the tool since then. This paper is an attempt to give an overview of where blockchain is at the onset of 2019.
read moreWhen you get an email from your boss asking you to help him with something, your natural tendency is to take it seriously and drop what you’re doing so that you can help. But, if you’re not careful, you could find out that you’re the victim of a phishing email. I got an email just like that yesterday – here’s how I was able to quickly realize what it was and avoid making a big mistake.
read moreYes, you read that right. In DR Distrib., LLC v. 21 Century Smoking, Inc., Illinois District Judge Iain D. Johnston denied the defendants’ Motion for Leave to Amend their counterclaim to remove their own defamation counterclaim (Count VIII) against the plaintiffs – a move to which the plaintiffs objected, because it could eliminate their chance to pursue sanctions against the defendants for ESI spoliation.
read moreWithout a doubt, our forms of communication are continuing to evolve from just email and we now have to add social media, text messaging and other messaging apps as forms of communication that need to be routinely preserved, collected, processed, reviewed and produced. But, it’s not just the forms of communication that are changing, it’s the way we communicate that is changing as well. So, you may or may not be surprised that emoji (yes, the plural of “emoji” is still “emoji”, at least officially) are showing up in court cases exponentially.
read moreIn Stovall v. Brykan Legends, LLC, Kansas Magistrate Judge James P. O’Hara denied the plaintiff’s motion for sanctions based on the defendant’s alleged spoliation of a surveillance video that shows an altercation between the plaintiff and her supervisor, stating that “plaintiff has failed to meet the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(e)(2)”.
read moreUsually, I end each blog post with “So, what do you think?”, but this time I’m starting with it. How many states do you think have some sort of legislation requiring private or governmental entities to notify individuals of security breaches of information involving personally identifiable information (PII)? Ten? Twenty? Thirty? You might be surprised.
read moreIn Vasquez-Santos v. Mathew, the New York Appellate Division, First Department panel “unanimously reversed” an order by the Supreme Court, New York County last June that denied the defendant’s motion to compel access by a third-party data mining company to plaintiff’s devices, email accounts, and social media accounts, so as to obtain photographs and other evidence of plaintiff engaging in physical activities and granted the defendant’s motion.
read moreIt’s Valentine’s Day! As you can guess from the picture for this post, I do! I hope you all have a special someone with which you can share Valentine’s Day. Regardless of that, I hope you all love what you do as much as I do.
read moreTwo days, two stories about Germans finding fault with companies’ handling of personal data….
read moreIt’s only been three weeks, but we’ve already talked plenty about the first big GDPR fine of €50 million (or about $56.8 million) fine to Google for failing to comply with GDPR. Sure, you’re thinking “that’s Google, I can see how they got fined, but nothing to worry about here”. Right? Well, you may want to think again.
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