Senate's email surveillance legislation would make Big Brother get a warrant
Daily Caller
Mike Lee, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 2013 would amend law enforcement's abilities to search private electronic communications. If passed, the bill would require law enforcement to seek a warrant to access those communications, ...

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Lynda Bellingham's property company facing questions over data protection ...
Mirror.co.uk
Virtual Property World – the company which Lynda runs with her husband Michael Pattemore – posted customers' bank accounts, telephone numbers, addresses and house purchase details on their website in an apparent data protection blunder. A source ...

Veeam Completes Its 27 th Consecutive Quarter of Rapid Growth in Q1 2013 ...
Financial Mirror
We're growing so quickly because modern data centers need Modern Data Protection, and Veeam provides powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions that are Built for Virtualization™.” Total bookings revenue grew 39 percent in the first quarter of 2013 ...

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Updating an E-Mail Law From the Last Century
New York Times
Congress is now set to clarify those rules, bringing that quarter-century-old law, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, or E.C.P.A., in line with the Internet age. On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will start deliberating a measure that would ...

OVERNIGHT TECH: Congress set to tackle email privacy
The Hill (blog)
Meanwhile, in the lower chamber, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, focusing on geolocation privacy and surveillance. Also in the morning, the House Energy and Commerce's Communications ...

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Iowa View: Law needed to protect data stored online
Shreveport Times
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) is intended to give consumers and businesses confidence that their electronic communications would remain private against unreasonable intrusions by the government. Its purpose is to extend Fourth ...

Scarinci Hollenbeck Adds Cybersecurity, E-Discovery Pro
Law360 (subscription)
Law360, New York (April 24, 2013, 6:08 PM ET) -- Lyndhurst, N.J.-headquartered Scarinci Hollenbeck has tapped a former Norris McLaughlin & Marcus PA attorney to head its cybersecurity and data protection group, the firm announced Wednesday.

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Proposals to end warrantless e-mail searches gain momentum in Congress
Ars Technica
Under the terms of the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act, e-mail older than six months is considered abandoned. Authorities can obtain copies of it with no judicial oversight. When Congress established this rule, modern cloud e-mail services were ...

German privacy watchdog loses Facebook appeal
Thegardenisland.com
Data protection Commissioner Thilo Weichert said in a statement Wednesday that he would accept the ruling, but urged lawmakers to consider changing legislation to harmonize privacy laws across the European Union. Facebook officials could not ...

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German authorities take Facebook to court over Irish privacy protection laws (or ...
The Sociable (blog)
Irish law, and Facebook's “sophisticated” European set-up of subsidiaries is preventing German data protection agencies from assuring its citizens' privacy. Or so says Germany's main data protection agency. Germany's Independent Centre for Privacy ...

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ACMA warns telcos after AAPT data breach
The Australian
He said that publicly singling out AAPT for investigation and naming sent a strong message to the wider industry that ACMA took a stern approach to consumer data protection issues. “AAPT responded very well to the investigation. As soon as they knew there ...

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After 10 years, dedupe technology leads backup appliances, software
TechTarget
The data protection technology first showed up in 2003 in disk-based hardware from Data Domain and software from Avamar, although the term didn't really catch on for a few years. A decade later, dedupe is practically a requirement for all backup products, ...

German privacy watchdog loses Facebook appeal over fake names ban
Washington Post
Data protection Commissioner Thilo Weichert said in a statement Wednesday that he would accept the ruling, but urged lawmakers to consider changing legislation to harmonize privacy laws across the European Union. Facebook officials could not ...

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Hunton & Williams | German Court Rejects DPA's Appeal, Finds Irish Law ...
Linex Legal (registration) (press release)
On April 22, 2013, the higher administrative court of Schleswig issued two decisions rejecting an appeal by the data protection authority of Schleswig-Holstein (“Schleswig DPA”) that sought to challenge a lower court's earlier rulings in Facebook's favor.

Updated: Developer Claims Mailbox iPhone App Has 'No Data Protection'
AppAdvice
However, it would appear that while Mailbox features an impressive design and user interface, its data protection and security leave rather a lot to be desired. In fact, according to one developer, Mailbox effectively “has no data protection.” The opinion is that of ...

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Reed Smith LLP | Google Inc. Fined for Street View by Hamburg DPA - There is ...
Linex Legal (registration) (press release)
According to a press release Monday, the Hamburg Officer for Data Protection and Freedom of Information issued a fine in the amount of €145,000 against Google Inc. for illegal recording of information from Wi-Fi networks. While Google's cars roamed the ...

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i2Coalition Issues Statement On ECPA Amendment
Ping! Zine Web Tech Magazine
... Coalition (i2Coalition) co-founder and Board Chair Christian Dawson released the following statement in advance of the markup by the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Electronic Communications Privacy Act: “i2Coalition fully supports Chairman Leahy's ...

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Optimizing storage capacity management for a virtual environment
TechTarget
In this expert podcast, Jon Toigo, CEO and Managing Principal of Toigo Partners International, explains how to address increasing storage capacity demands, data protection and performance requirements by virtualizing the storage infrastructure. Toigo also ...

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Google fined by German Data Protection Authority over WiFi data collection
Lexology (registration)
The data protection authority in Hamburg, Germany, issued an administrative fine in the amount of € 145,000 against Google for its illegal WiFi data collection activities. This fine fell just short of the maximum amount for such fines under German data ...

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Infosecurity Europe 2013: EU runs risk of checkbox privacy compliance
Infosecurity Magazine
And, he told this year's Infosecurity Europe conference, the regulation as it stands could force businesses to focus more on technical compliance with data protection rules, rather than on outcomes and the protection of the consumer. There is an added risk, ...

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Google confidentiality rules – implementation of enforcement action by the ...
Lexology (registration)
In October 2012, following several months of investigation by the French data protection authority (CNIL) of the new confidentiality rules published by Google, the Article 29 Working Party (group of European data protection authorities) had made a series of ...

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SafeNet debuts cloud-based data encryption service
Cloud Pro
SafeNet has launched a cloud-based Crypto Hypervisor to allow IT organisations to deliver on-demand, elastic crypto services for data protection. The Crypto Hypervisor takes the attributes and benefits of the hardware appliance and abstracts the HSM to ...

Privacy Groups Push FTC to Stay COPPA Course
Broadcasting & Cable
Privacy advocates have asked the Federal Trade Commission not to delay the implementation of proposed changes to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. That came after the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), the Digital Marketing Association ...
The Circuit: Privacy groups oppose requests to delay kids privacy lawWashington Post (blog)
App Makers Want to Slow Rollout of Child Privacy Rules - Law.comLaw.com

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Mailbox iPhone App Discovered To Have 'No Data Protection'
AppAdvice
Mailbox is an attractive, popular email app for the iPhone, and back in February we gave it a positive review. However, it would appear that while Mailbox features an impressive design and user interface, its data protection and security leave rather a lot to be ...

Developer Claims Mailbox iPhone App Has 'No Data Protection'
AppAdvice
Mailbox is an attractive, popular email app for the iPhone, and back in February we gave it a positive review. However, it would appear that while Mailbox features an impressive design and user interface, its data protection and security leave rather a lot to be ...

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ICO expects clarity on EU data rules only in 2014
ComputerWeekly.com
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) expects to have a clear picture of the coming European data protection framework only early in 2014, says deputy commissioner David Smith. By then, the ICO expects to see several changes, particularly around ...

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STORServer Enters Cloud Business With Solutions, Services For Scalable Data ...
Business Solutions Magazine
The cloud solutions are backed by the company's award-winning purpose-built data protection appliance and are sold with a data recovery guarantee, which ensures that customers will not only get their data back in the event of a loss, but the data will be ...

Storage Player Exablox Emerges From Stealth With $22M in Funding
Data Center Knowledge
Exablox promises to provide turn-key enterprise-grade object-based storage and data protection in less than five minutes. It is targeting resource-constrained organizations with unstructured and backup/recovery storage problems with its solution sold ...

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Veeam Completes Its 27th Consecutive Quarter of Rapid Growth in Q1 2013 ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
We're growing so quickly because modern data centers need Modern Data Protection, and Veeam provides powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions that are Built for Virtualization™.” Total bookings revenue grew 39 percent in the first quarter of 2013 ...

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Infosec 2013: ICO dismisses EC's 'tick box' approach to data protection
V3.co.uk
The data protectionlegislation proposed by the European Commission (EC) takes too much of a "tick box" approach to be effective and will do nothing more than lumbering firms with excessive paperwork, according to the deputy information commissioner, ...

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Quantum Announces Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results Conference Call
Wall Street Journal (press release)
(NYSE: QTM), a proven global expert in data protection and big data management, today announced that it will issue a news release on its financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013, ended March 31, 2013, on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, after the close ...

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NHS, beware! Government puts forward case for compulsory data protection ...
Lexology (registration)
Currently, the ICO only has compulsory audit powers over central government departments under the Data Protection Act (Act), but must obtain consent from other organisations (public or private) before it can investigate their procedures. Although the ICO ...

Google fined for Street View transgressions
Legalbrief (subscription)
A report on the News24 site notes that the data protection office in Hamburg imposed the fine for the violation of privacy between 2008 and 2010, when Google was preparing its cityscape service. 'In my estimation, this is one of the most serious cases of ...

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Q&A: The ICO's senior international policy officer
Marketing Week
Hannah McCausland, the Information Commissioner's Office senior international policy officer, talks about the effect the new EU General Data Protection Regulation will have on brands and businesses that handle consumer data. Also in this story. Privacy: For ...

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Businesses stressing benefits of 'big data' to consumers will gain most from their ...
Out-Law.com
Information law specialist Marc Dautlich of Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com, said that a recent opinion by a group of EU privacy watchdogs had underlined obstacles in data protection legislation but was short on practical guidance for busy ...

Iowa View: Law needed to protect data stored online
DesMoinesRegister.com
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) is intended to give consumers and businesses confidence that their electronic communications would remain private against unreasonable intrusions by the government. Its purpose is to extend Fourth ...

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ICO FoI response reveals massive rise in data breach fines
IT PRO
The apparent rise in the number of fines issued should go some way to appeasing data protection campaigners that have previously hit out at the ICO for being too soft on people that breach the Data Protection Act. The human factor is still the primary cause ...

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On whose side are Open Rights with their campaign to "protect" the EU Data ...
ComputerWeekly.com (blog)
I have long had strong views on the need for effective Data Protection but I have just received a e-mail via ISOC UK soliciting my support for tomorrow's "Press Stunt" by the Open Rights Group to "protect" the proposed EU Data Protection Regulation. I have sat ...

ICO fines against self-reported breaches increased by two-thirds last year
SC Magazine UK
Chris McIntosh, CEO of ViaSat UK, said: “Those of us concerned about the state of data protection in the UK can take some comfort from these figures. First is the fact that more data breaches are being reported; while this may mean an increase in the number ...

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US accuses 2 Lebanese money exchanges of drug, Hezbollah links
www.worldbulletin.net
The move against the exchange houses is the first time a non-bank has been targeted under the U.S. anti-money laundering law known as Section 311 of the Patriot Act. Tweet. World Bulletin/News Desk. The United States targeted two Lebanese money ...

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US accuses Lebanese firms of laundering money for Hezbollah
Journal of Turkish Weekly
... drug traffickers and Hezbollah militants. The U.S. Treasury named the two Lebanese firms as “primary money laundering concerns” under the Patriot Act, which allows for identifying foreign companies that may be laundering money and supporting terrorism.

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US Treasury takes action against Hezbollah funders
Journal of Turkish Weekly
NEW YORK ñ The US Treasury Department on Tuesday listed two Lebanese exchange houses as institutions of ìprimary money laundering concernî for their work with Hezbollah, invoking Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act to effectively shut them out of the ...

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FireEye finds Gh0stRAT cyberespionage campaigns continue
ITworld.com
Many advanced persistent threat attacks use the malware, believed to have been developed in China. By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service | Data Protection. April 24, 2013, 12:34 AM — A well-known cyber-spying tool called Gh0st RAT is still being employed in ...

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App Makers Want to Slow Rollout of Child Privacy Rules - Law.com
Law.com
Updates to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act are slated to take effect in less than three months. Attorneys and trade groups, however, say more time is needed for companies to properly comply. The changes both expand the type of data that ...

DEA Investigations Lead to Treasury 311 Patriot Act Designation Against ...
RushPRnews.com (press release)
(Halawi Exchange), as foreign financial institutions of primary money laundering concern under Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Section 311) – the first time the Department has used Section 311 against a non-bank financial institution. Today's action ...

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With cloud, privacy issues loom
Politico
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act was passed in 1986, 27 years ago, a virtual eternity in the Internet age. Despite its modern-sounding name, ECPA predates the World Wide Web. It was written when few people owned home computers and even ...

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Red Apple Media Proffers 'Media Vault' Data Protection
XBIZ
SAN DIEGO — Red Apple Media recently launched “Media Vault”, a data protection and backup system utilizing their innovative triple redundancy technology and is currently offering the service to online business owners. Triple redundancy refers to the safe ...

Red Apple Media Introduces 'Media Vault' Data Protection
XBIZ
SAN DIEGO — Red Apple Media recently launched “Media Vault”, a data protection and backup system utilizing their innovative triple redundancy technology and is currently offering the service to online business owners. Triple redundancy refers to the safe ...

Business Groups Back IAB's Request To Delay Children's Privacy Rules
MediaPost Communications
... Marketing Association, Motion Picture Association of America, Online Publishers Association, Newspaper Association of America and other organizations said they need more time to comply with the new Children's Online Privacy Protection Act regulations.

Path social media app settles with FTC over privacy issue
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Path also will pay a fine of $800,000 over accusations that it collected personal information from about 3,000 children under the age of 13 without parental consent, a violation of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. FTC officials said the ...