Pierluigi Paganini
September 18, 2019
The United States government sued Edward Snowden, the former CIA employee and NSA contractor, to block payment for his book, Permanent Record. The US DoJ filed a lawsuit against Edward Snowden to prevent the former CIA employee and National Security Agency contractor from receiving the payment for his book, Permanent Record. According to the civil […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 13, 2019
The US Treasury placed sanctions on three North Korea-linked hacking groups, the Lazarus Group, Bluenoroff, and Andarial. The US Treasury sanctions on three North Korea-linked hacking groups, the Lazarus Group, Bluenoroff, and Andarial. The groups are behind several hacking operations that resulted in the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars from financial institutions and cryptocurrency exchanges […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 01, 2019
MICROCHIPS Act (S. 2316) – Two US Senators have introduced a bill to protect US government supply chain against foreign sabotage and cyber espionage. Two US senators have introduced legislation a bill, dubbed Manufacturing, Investment and Controls Review for Computer Hardware, Intellectual Property and Supply ACT (MICROCHIPS Act – S. 2316) that aims at protecting […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 25, 2019
The Federal Trade Commission fined Facebook $5 billion for privacy violations and is instituting new oversight and restrictions on its business. The Federal Trade Commission fined Facebook $5 billion for privacy violations over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The authorities are also instituting new oversight and restrictions on its business. In April 2018, Facebook revealed that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 13, 2019
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved a record $5 billion settlement with Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Facebook will be obliged to pay a $5 Billion fine to settle the investigation conducted by the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. In April 2018, Facebook revealed that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 10, 2019
The UK’s data privacy regulator plans to fine giant hotel chain Marriott International with a £99 million ($123 million) under GDPR over 2014 data breach. The company replied that it will fight against the fine, it could reply to the UK ICO’s proposal before the final determination. The UK’s data privacy regulator announced that the giant hotel […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 01, 2019
City Council of Somerville, a Boston suburb, has voted to ban the use of facial recognition system by police and other city offices. The City Council of Somerville, Massachusetts, a Boston suburb, has decided to ban the use of facial recognition system by police and other city departments. Last week, the Somerville City Council expressed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 28, 2019
The Italian data protection watchdog fined Facebook for one million euros ($1.1 million) for violating privacy laws over the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. The Italian data protection watchdog, the DPA (“Garante per la protezione dei dati personali”), fined Facebook for one million euros ($1.1 million) for violating privacy laws over the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. “The Italian […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2019
Hungarian police arrested a young hacker because he discovered and exploited serious vulnerabilities in the systems of the Magyar Telekom Which are the risks for a hacker that decide to publicly disclose a vulnerability? The case I’m going to discuss shows us legal implication for this conduct. Last year, Hungarian law enforcement arrested a young […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 22, 2019
The French data protection watchdog CNIL announced a fine of 50 million euros ($57 million) for US search giant Google under GDPR.The French data protection watchdog CNIL announced a fine of 50 million euros ($57 million) for US search giant Google under GDPR. “On 21 January 2019, the CNIL’s restricted committee imposed a financial penalty […]
