A couple of weeks ago I wrote about yet another breach at a law firm. This time the firm was Appleby, a law firm based in Bermuda and home to the rich and famous – especially those that are looking for tax shelters and the similar. Most of these tax shelters are legal but the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Multiple sources are reporting a feature of iPhone apps that is a major privacy concern. This is not new and it also is an issue on Android phones, but, for some reason, everyone seems to be highlighting the problem with iPhones. PERHAPS, that is because it it is being exploited in the wild on iPhones […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Consumers have been wrestling for years now about access to their personal data. There are many non-bank financial products such as Mint and WalletGyde that help consumers manage their money, but it has always been a fight between the banks and these companies (of which there are at least hundreds, maybe more). As a group, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]According to reports – and denied by the government – The US Department of the Treasury is either creatively stretching the definition of certain laws or outright breaking them. It is likely that we will hear more about this over time. The story goes like this. There is a part of Treasury called FINCEN or […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This is an interesting story with lots of twists and turns. And lessons. Ryan Lin, 24, of Newton, Massachusetts, was arrested last week on charges of cyber stalking. How he got caught was interesting. And a lesson. The case goes back to April of 2016 when Lin responded to a Craigslist ad and moved in […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Some of you probably remember when then Austrian law student Max Schrems started fighting a battle over privacy with Facebook. Now probably neither you nor I would want to pick a fight with Facebook’s legal team, but Max, a law STUDENT, said, hey, what the heck. That battle wound up at the CJEU – The […]
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