James Slack of The Daily Mail has an article on the extradition battle for Gary McKinnon, a case that has become somewhat of a cause celebre. The case raises a number of issues, including whether extraditing someone with Asperger’s Disorder to face a potentially lengthy prison sentence in the U.S. constitutes a serious threat to…
Category: Breaches
When will organizations pay for data breaches?
… The furor created by various high-profile data security scandals [in the UK] forced politicians to concede that the regulatory environment was inadequate. The government commissioned various investigations and reports and brought into force certain changes designed to improve internal procedures, including mandatory rules on data security provisions in central government contracts. In the midst…
Bar groups protest “red flag” rules
The New York State Bar Association Monday became the latest bar group to protest new Federal Trade Commission rules requiring lawyers to become involved in preventing identity theft, calling the move unauthorized, unnecessary and destructive to the attorney-client relationship. The State Bar’s objections follow those submitted last week by the American Bar Association and the…
McDonald’s can sue employee over naked pix
There was another development in court concerning the lawsuit (pdf) filed by Arkansas couple Tina and Phillip Sherman against McDonald’s, Matthews Mangement, and the franchise’s manager, Aaron Brummley after nude pictures on a cellphone accidentally left in the Fayetteville McDonald’s were uploaded to the web. Although the court wouldn’t dismiss the complaint (see Matthews Management’s…