Articles in Technology & Social Media
Our IT security colleague Scott Aurnou (bio below) crafted this informative article that we thought would be useful for our clients and we are featuring it on our blog.
While threats to smartphones and tablets are …
By: Olivera Medenica
Originally Given as part of a lecture to the New York State Bar Association on
Friday, May 20, 2011
This outline was provided to the at the New York State Bar Association as a …
Just last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its much anticipated final report on consumer privacy protection: “Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change”.
Those who ballyhoo the death of privacy as we …
Top Employer Questions on Employee Social Media Conduct Answered
By: Kaiser Wahab and Lauren Mack
Employers are now on full alert that employee’s online activity in the office and in the home has a direct, often beneficial …
The bedrock of nearly any online business operation, from e-commerce sites to social media outlets is the mighty “click-wrap” agreement (a digital extension of the equally mighty but very 20th century shrink-wrap agreement). These agreements …
For many businesses, storing company and customer information in the cloud may seem like the cheapest and most convenient option. Too often however, businesses rarely realize that with one-click ease they are putting critical data …
Six Months after New York Spoke on Defamation Immunity for Online Service Providers, Analysis & Thoughts
By Lauren Mack & Kaiser Wahab
The New York Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court, handed down an opinion …
Any online operation should periodically assess its legal exposure to better calibrate its contractual, technological, insurance, compliance and other liability minimizing measures. The following is a multidimensional checklist in plain English designed to help these …
Writing a Data Retention Policy may seem unimportant when there are so many other aspects of running a business that require your attention, but having one in place will save your company lot of time, …
If you own a business, your IT staff is likely one of many across the globe who are slowly convincing businesses owners and managers that storing data in “the cloud” is the future. He or …
