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As we continue to struggle with the challenges to our justice systems wrought by a fast-spreading and stubborn virus combined with backlogged courts, most solutions to move cases forward have focused on technology. Similar to adjustments in the delivery of Continue reading Current Realities of Remote Justice
After the genesis of blockchain technology in 2008 in support of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, a new technological dimension for digital transactions quickly took shape. With this public, transparent, decentralized – and encrypted – record of online transactions available to all Continue reading Blockchain, “Smart” Contracts, and Business in Cyberspace
The potential to utilize blockchain technology to facilitate fast, secure financial transactions, for example its proposed application to COVID-19-related stimulus payments, has been increasingly in the news.[1] So what exactly is a blockchain, and how might it turn up as Continue reading Technology Overview: What is a ‘Blockchain?’
Today’s workplace is complicated. Myriad legal requirements and important best practices apply to employer and employee use of technologies on which businesses and schools have come to rely. At ETech Law, we help employers and educators put policies and procedures in place Continue reading Employment Technology Consulting
19 May 2020 – originally published as a guest post at nsucyberlaw.org. In March 2018, the US Congress passed an amendment to the Stored Communications Act (SCA)[1] and Wiretap Act[2] in an attempt to facilitate access to electronic data stored Continue reading US-UK Agreement under the CLOUD Act to Take Effect This Summer
30 Apr 2020 – Originally published as a guest post at nsucyberlaw.org. In February, the European Commission released a White Paper entitled, “On Artificial Intelligence – A European Approach to Excellence and Trust,” in support of the European Commission (EC) Continue reading The EU’S Goals for Artificial Intelligence Legislation
25 Jan 2020 – Originally published as a guest post at nsucyberlaw.org. Within the next several weeks, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) is expected to rule on the validity of the current data transfer processes for Continue reading CJEU to Address EU-US Data Protection In Schrems II
Technology does not stand still. The dynamic evolution of distance education continues to incorporate the latest technological advances on its quest to reach more and more learners across the globe. There was a time when writing was a new technology; Continue reading Privacy and Trust in Online Education Communities: Beyond FERPA
May 9, 2019 Facebook’s Motion to Dismiss and for Summary Judgment were denied last week in: IN RE FACEBOOK BIOMETRIC INFORMATION PRIVACY LITIGATION in the N. District of California. In that case, a putative class action was filed under the Continue reading Facebook and Faceprints: Can Biometrics and Privacy Coexist?
As awareness – and occurrences – of identity theft and significant corporate security breaches increase, United States government agencies have enhanced their scrutiny of businesses’ efforts to protect the confidentiality of private information by adopting new regulations with the goal Continue reading Privacy and Safeguards against Identity Theft: FACTA and the Red Flags Rule