Always
a question: How far can you push before someone (everyone?) pushes
back harder?
Europe
nears tipping point on Russian hacking
The
European Union is getting ready to slap sanctions on a group of
Russian hackers, according to three diplomats involved — a move
that would mark a turning point in the bloc's efforts to address
foreign hacking.
The
sanctions, expected later this year, come after the German government
announced it "had evidence" tying members of a Russian
hacking group to the cyberattack on the Bundestag in 2015.
…
European
countries have weighed sanctioning foreign nationals and entities
involved in hacking for months, but talks were mired in secrecy as
governments weighed their options. That changed when Chancellor
Angela Merkel — previously reluctant to chide Russia over hacking —
said
last month that
Berlin could not "simply ignore" an "outrageous"
attack, and her government called for an EU response.
… Capitals
"may want to use this occasion to demonstrate that similar
attacks against any member state are significant enough to merit
sanctions," said Patryk Pawlak, executive officer at the EU
Institute for Security Studies, the in-house think tank of the
Council of the European Union.
Another
tipping point?
Cyber
Insurance Becoming a Necessity, No Longer a Luxury for Prepared
Companies
An
overview.
Cybercriminals
exposed 5 billion records in 2019, costing U.S. organizations over
$1.2 trillion
Cybercriminals
exposed over 5 billion records in 2019, costing over $1.2 trillion to
U.S. organizations, according to ForgeRock.
Healthcare
emerged as the most targeted industry in 2019, accounting for 382
breaches and costing over $2.45B, an increase from 164 incidents
costing over $633 million in 2018.
… Based
on Q1 2020 data, 2020 is set to outpace 2019 in terms of records
breached, despite the fact the number of breaches tracks down by 57%.
There have been 92 data breaches affecting 1.6 billion records in Q1
2020 alone, 9% more records than Q1 2019.
Do
we implement all privacy regulations for all customers or create a
unique process for each law?
Privacy
Compliance Budget Increasing as Regulatory Landscape Continues to
Evolve, Report Reveals
While
organizations of all kinds are beginning to understand the importance
of expanding their approaches to privacy compliance in order to meet
the demands of expanding laws around the world, more than one-third
of organizations are concerned about compliance budget structuring in
light of regulatory uncertainty.
This
is according to a new
study by
FTI Consulting, which explored privacy compliance spending and the
challenges it faces, especially in light of evolving data privacy
laws around the globe. According to its findings, legal and
compliance budget spending are heavily dependent on the broader
regulatory landscape, further suggesting a crucial role for
governments in ensuring that personal information remains protected
by organizations.
“A
movement that took the international stage with the enactment of the
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2018—and gained
momentum with the passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act
(CCPA) and Brazil’s General Data Protection Law (LGPD)—is
building
into a tidal wave of anticipated regulations worldwide,”
the researchers wrote.
Apparently,
it ain’t easy.
Endgame
Issues: New Brookings Report on Paths to Federal Privacy Legislation
This
afternoon, The Brookings Institution released a new report, Bridging
the gaps: A path forward to federal privacy legislation,
a comprehensive analysis of the most challenging obstacles to
Congress passing a comprehensive federal privacy law. The report
includes a detailed range of practical recommendations and options
for legislative text, the result of work with a range of stakeholders
to attempt to draft a consensus-driven model privacy bill that would
bridge the gaps between sharply divided stakeholders (read the full
legislative text of that effort here
).
Is
over-reliance likely if we use a flawed technology?
Thermal
Imaging as Pandemic Exit Strategy: Limitations, Use Cases and Privacy
Implications
Around
the world, governments, companies, and other entities are either
using or planning to rely on thermal imaging as an integral part of
their strategy to reopen economies. The
announced purpose of using this technology is to detect potential
cases of COVID-19 and filter out individuals in public
spaces who are suspected of suffering from the virus. Experts
agree that the technology cannot directly identify COVID-19.
Instead, it detects heightened temperature that may be due to a
fever, one of the most common symptoms of the disease. Heightened
temperature can also indicate a fever resulting from a non-COVID-19
illness or non-viral causes such as pregnancy, menopause, or
inflammation. Not all
COVID-19 patients experience heightened temperature, and
individuals routinely reduce their temperatures through the use of
common medication.
In
this post, we (1) map out the leading technologies and products used
for thermal imaging, (2) provide an overview of the use cases
currently being considered for the use of thermal imaging, (3) review
the key technical limitations of thermal scanning as described in
scientific literature, (4) summarize the chief concerns articulated
by privacy and civil rights advocates, and finally, (5) provide an in
depth overview of regulatory guidance from the US, Europe and
Singapore regarding thermal imaging and temperature measurement as
part of the deconfinement responses, before reaching (6) conclusions.
(Related)
How
Digital Contact Tracing for COVID-19 Could Worsen Inequality
Amid
protests against racism and police brutality in Minneapolis,
Minnesota Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington likened
police
investigations of
arrested protesters and their associates to contact tracing for
COVID-19. This reckless analogy stokes fear that governments will
seize on the pandemic to introduce
intrusive surveillance in
the guise of measures for the public’s health.
We
are particularly concerned that the normalization of digital contact
tracing would be a double blow for communities in the United States
and abroad that have suffered longstanding human rights abuses.
First, experiments with unproven
technology could
displace funds for basic measures that are known to be effective in
protecting
those most vulnerable in
the pandemic. Secondly, such tracking could open a dangerous new
front in the surveillance and repression of marginalized groups.
Overreaction?
Section
230 and the Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship
CRS
Legal Sidebar via LC – Section
230 and the Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship – June
3, 2020:
“On May 28, 2020, President Trump issued the Executive
Order on Preventing Online Censorship (EO),
expressing the executive branch’s views on Section 230 of the
federal Communications Decency Act. As discussed in
this Legal Sidebar,
Section 230, under certain circumstances, immunizes online content
providers from liability for merely hosting others’ content. The
EO stakes out a position in existing interpretive disputes about the
law’s meaning and instructs federal agencies, including the
Department of Commerce, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC),
the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the Department of Justice, to
take certain actions to implement this understanding. This Legal
Sidebar explores the legal implications of the EO. It first briefly
describes how courts have interpreted Section 230 before explaining
what the EO says. Next, the Sidebar discusses the FCC and FTC’s
authority to enforce Section 230, focusing on the EO’s instructions
to these agencies, before concluding with a discussion of how
international trade obligations affect the United States’ ability
to modify Section 230…”
Getting
out while staying in.
101+
Virtual Tours of Popular Tourist Attractions Around the World [2020]
Upgraded
Points: “Do canceled travel plans have you stuck at home wishing
you were anywhere
else?
We all know how that feels, but luckily, we have a solution. You
can still satisfy your wanderlust by exploring famous sights — from
your couch! We’ve put together a list of 101
virtual tours from over 35 countries around the world so
that you can explore without having to catch a flight or spend a
dime! We’ve organized this gigantic list by country so you can
easily navigate to your country of choice… or simply work your way
down the list and digitally travel all over the globe…”
(Related)
Birding through a window.
Try
Your Hand at Bird Identification With the Audubon Bird App
The
Audubon
Bird Guide app is
very helpful in identifying the birds that you see but don't know the
names of. When you open the app tap on "identify bird" and
you'll be taken to a screen where you then make a few selections to
narrow down the list of birds that are possibly in your area. Those
selections include your location, the month of the year, the relative
size of the bird, the color(s) of the bird, and activity of the bird.
After making those selections you'll see a list of birds with
pictures. My favorite part of the app is that you can listen to
recordings of bird songs/ calls to further help you identify the bird
that you saw.
Trump’s
people?
