Feb 27, 20191 minFlorida Biometric Information Privacy ActLast week, I posted a blog discussing the need for protection of biometric information in Florida. Just two days after I published the b...
Feb 19, 20193 minBiometric Privacy and Security in FloridaBiometric identification is an emerging technology that will have a huge impact on security and privacy. Put simply, "biometrics" are any...
Jan 29, 20193 minData: Is it a Question of Privacy or Property?Last year, I wrote a blog about the Supreme Court’s decision in Carpenter v. United States. In what might be considered a strained analys...
Jan 18, 20193 minThe “Wall Shutdown” and CybersecurityThe U.S. federal government has been shut down since Dec. 22 (partially). If you did not know, a government shutdown is when non-essentia...
Jan 15, 20193 minCyber in 2019After a long holiday break and reflecting on 2018, it's my turn to do what almost every other tech blog does, provide some predictions fo...
Dec 18, 20183 minMarriott - Innkeeper's Duty in the Cyber AgeOn November 30, 2018, Marriott announced that it was the victim of one of the largest cyber data breaches in history. It's still very ea...
Dec 11, 20183 minCyberlaw: From the Printing Press to the Internet In general, Cyberlaw is considered to be a new field of law dealing with the Internet. It encompasses cases, statutes, regulations and di...
Nov 27, 20181 minExcerpt - "Privacy" Doesn't Equal "Security" On November 21, Corporate Compliance Insights published an article I wrote. Here is an excerpt: With the weekly reports of cyber events ...
Nov 20, 20184 minCybersecurity and the Law – by the numbersThe Tampa Bay Chapter of the Federal Bar Association hosted a seminar luncheon titled "Cybersecurity and the Law." Mr. Sri Sridharan, the...
Nov 13, 20183 minThe "C" in CGL is not for CyberWithin the last year, two Federal judges in the Middle District of Florida decided that commercial general liability (CGL) insurance poli...
Nov 6, 20183 minWhy Hire a Cyber LawyerThe Internet has changed the way people and companies conduct business. Commerce has shifted from brick and mortar, person-to-person eng...
Oct 30, 20181 minExcerpt - Professional Liability in Information TechnologyIT Business Net recently published an article I wrote. Here are some excerpts: We are in the Cyber Age. We rely on the internet and netw...
Oct 16, 20183 minDo Attorneys Understand Technology in Computer and Cyber Fraud? I have written a couple of blog posts where I briefly share my opinion that courts misunderstand the stages of a hack. Courts do not app...
Oct 2, 20183 minProtecting Children's Privacy OnlineChildren today are digital natives. They do homework, read books, talk to friends, play games and watch videos online. Personally, I wa...
Sep 27, 20182 minInternet of Things and Cyber InsuranceIn my last blog, Attorneys will Impact the Internet of Things, I discussed that the IoT creates a significant risk to privacy and cyberse...
Sep 25, 20183 minAttorneys will impact the Internet of ThingsAnything connected to the Internet can be hacked. With the Internet of Things (IoT), everything is being connected to the Internet. The...
Sep 20, 20183 minInsurance Commissioners Oppose Federal Cybersecurity Law On September 13, the House Financial Services Committee passed H.R. 6743, the Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act. The leg...
Sep 13, 20184 minThe Expense of a Data BreachBusiness executives and owners may not appreciate the pain (financially, mentally, and emotionally) that a data breach will cause. Ask a...
Sep 11, 20184 minDraftKings Sues Unknown Hackers In August, DraftKings' website, www.draftkings.com, was the victim of a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. DraftKings is an onl...
Aug 30, 20183 minInformation Privacy and SecurityIn cyberspace, there is a difference between privacy and security that is sometimes misunderstood. The two concepts are similar and overl...