This so happened in Ohio last fall, when a man was convicted of aggravated arson and insurance fraud based on evidence provided by the data from his cardiac pacemaker. A man, whose house had burnt down, was investigated against after traces of fire accelerant had been found by the police. The suspect claimed that he […]
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“Obamacare for the Internet” – Republicans Push to Abolish Net Neutrality
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is the US regulatory authority that ensures compliance with the principles of net neutrality, which were established by the Commission’s Open Internet Order in February 2015. Net neutrality means that all content on the internet shall enjoy the same priority, i.e. Internet service providers and any authority regulating the Internet […]
Third Time Lucky: Australia’s New Law on Mandatory Data Breach Notification
On February 13, the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2016 passed both Houses of Parliament after two previous attempts to establish such notification obligation were unsuccessful. This means that Australians will need to be notified of serious incidents regarding the processing of their personal data. However, not every data breach will be subject to […]
Social Media Post-Truth
If it weren’t for the hyphen, one might say – finally! While it remains to be hoped that social media posts stay with the truth, this article discusses so-called fake news – a phenomenon that currently plagues us and is alleged to have influenced the recent presidential elections in the USA. The German word for […]
Microsoft Remains Victorious in Legal Battle Over Cloud Data
The decision that the jurisdiction to issue search warrants concerning foreign data centers lies with the local authorities and not with U.S. courts still stands. In July 2016, a U.S. federal appeals court had ruled that Microsoft is not obliged to grant the U.S. government access to user data stored on servers in Ireland. The […]
Inappropriate Photo Transfers at Apple Store?
Apple store employees accused of having accessed and shared female customers’ photos. According to the Australian newspaper, The Courier-Mail, there have been reports of employees in the Apple Store in Carindale near Brisbane, Australia secretly having taken close-up and ‘explicit’ photos of female employees and customers. These photos were then shared to a group chat […]