During the last six months of 2015, Uber received 33 requests from regulatory authorities seeking trip data on more than 12 million drivers and riders.
A proposed California legislation imposing specific penalties for ransomware took a step forward yesterday when the state senate's Public Safety Committee passed the bill at a hearing featuring testimony from Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center.
The House Judiciary Committee today passed the Email Privacy Act (H.T.699) by a 28-0 vote, a measure that would require a warrant for accessing anyone's electronic correspondence.
Privacy Shield shows progress, but still doesn't adequately address the issue that got Safe Harbor tossed by a European Court of Justice - the bulk collection of data on private citizens, the Article 29 Working Party said.
A federal appeals court upheld a ruling that insurance firm Travelers Indemnity Co., under the terms of a commercial general liability policy, must defend its client, Portal Healthcare Solutions, in a lawsuit stemming from a data breach.
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