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Email Marketing Legal Requirements: A Comprehensive Guide for Businesses
The first instance of email marketing dates back to 1978, driving $13 million in sales and demonstrating its sheer impact and industry value. Since then, email marketing has evolved and proved to ...
Adventures in Audits, Part One: How Software License Terms Drive Audit Resolution
If your company uses software under a license agreement that gives audit rights to the software vendor—and your company probably does—you may well have an adventure in your future. Vendors do, in ...
Netflix Cracks Down on Password Sharing, AI Legal Research Gone Wrong, Fake Identities and Surveillance Firms
Netflix plans to crack down on the widespread practice of password sharing among households. We discuss their new verification feature and its impact on user experience and security. A lawyer finds himself ...
FTC Warning in Wake of Log4j: Secure Your Software Supply Chain
Approx read time: 2.5 mins In a stern warning issued Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) put companies on notice that any failure to protect against Log4shell could become costly. This announcement ...
Remote Work and Cybersecurity in the Legal Industry: What to Know
The COVID-19 pandemic changed many aspects of how businesses operate, remote work being one of the most significant. At the outbreak’s peak, 71% of American workers telecommuted at least part-time, 62% of ...
Malicious Life Podcast: In Defense of the NSA
The National Security Agency is one of the world's most formidable and powerful intelligence agencies. Some people fear that the NSA’s advanced capabilities could one day be directed inwards instead of outwards ...
Malicious Life Podcast: Marcus Hutchins – A Controversial Hero
In May 2017, Marcus Hutchins - AKA MalwareTech - became a hero for stopping WannaCry, a particularly nasty ransomware that spread quickly all over the world. Yet his fame also brought to ...
Overcoming Common Healthcare Compliance and Security Challenges Post-Pandemic
For the 11th year in a row, healthcare is at the top of IBM’s “Cost of a Data Breach Report,” ranking number one among all industries for the highest average cost of ...
Malicious Life Podcast: Understanding China’s Cyber Culture
Lt. Colonel (Ret.) Bill Hagestad examines how China's culture and troubled history of western colonialism influenced its government views and actions regarding the global internet and its interactions with western technology companies ...
Failing to Meet Cybersecurity Standards Can Have Legal Consequences for Companies
Cybercrime is one of the most significant threats facing companies today. With the average cost of a data breach reaching an all-time high of $4.24 million, the business case for cybersecurity has ...
