Tag Archives: Information Technology

Cybersecurity: Are You Ready for the Next Attack?

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says that all employees need to know the signs of a cyber-attack, not just those who work in the IT field. This is increasingly important as more companies move business operations online. The Department stresses employees should make passwords complex, beware of phishing emails and report all suspicious activity to their company’s IT department.

Last week, attorney Chris Hart joined the Boston Business Journal’s Table of Experts program to provide insights into how to protect a company from a cyberattack,… More

European Court Establishes “Right to be Forgotten” Online

(This was originally posted May 13, 2014 on CRS and the Law.)

Flag_of_Europe.svgToday’s decision by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that individuals enjoy the right to have truthful yet unflattering information about them “forgotten” from online search results is generating a great deal of controversy in Europe and beyond. In a case brought by Spanish national Mario Costeja Gonzalez against Google demanding that the search giant remove results referring to a years-old newspaper notice of a tax auction of his property,… More

On or off? Setting Defaults for Privacy Online

Interesting post by my colleague Vivek Krishnamurthy, on our Corporate Social Responsibility blog, about how software companies should set the default privacy settings on their products. 

How should software companies set the default privacy settings on their products? Microsoft’s announcement earlier this month that the next version of its Internet Explorer web browser will ship with its "Do Not Track" functionality switched on has sparked a lively debate on this very issue.… More