The American Privacy Rights Act bill has been contentious from the start. Businesses would definitely prefer a national privacy law replacing different laws in almost 20 states. They would also prefer a weak bill with no teeth and very minimal requirements for them to comply with. With the changes to the various drafts, many privacy […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]NOTE: I generally try to steer away from politics in this blog but this year that is going to be hard to do. There is no way that either social media or the legal process is going to be able to curb the disinformation coming from all sides. I have another post that I am […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Earlier this month the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) was hit by a cyber attack. The breach affected 24 million students and about 50,000 teachers. Now we are learning more about it. For students, the data includes: For teachers, similar data was breached but more teacher specific data. Part of the problem is that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Are You Prepared for Fifth Party Risk? Boeing and Airbus are in trouble, again. Except it is not them. Boeing and Airbus sell to airlines. Lets pick one at random – Delta. That is the first party. They buy their planes from, lets say, Airbus, a THIRD party. Both Boeing and Airbus use a FOURTH […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The EU has proposed a bill that would require cloud providers to search for child sexual abuse material (AKA CSAM or Kiddie Porn) in all private communications, even end to end encrypted ones. EU lawmakers are divided on the wisdom of such a law, but the debate continues. Other critics of the plan are WhatsApp, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The LA school board voted to enact a ban to take effect at the beginning of 2025. The resolution requires the board to develop a policy that prohibits smartphones and social media in the hope of helping kids reduce their mental health risks. The LA school district has close to 600,000 students across a thousand […]
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