Adam Levin | September 19, 2017 | Data Privacy
With the announcement of Verizon Up, a new wireless rewards program that provides users with customer incentives, first-dibs opportunities on things like VIP tickets and other exclusive deals, we thought it was time to review how reward marketing plans work. First,...
Craig A. Newman | September 13, 2017 | Data Privacy
Since the massive data breach at Equifax Inc. was disclosed late Thursday (see our blog here), the news has only gotten worse for the Atlanta-based credit monitoring agency. Here’s a brief chronological recap of what we know so far: ▪ On July 29th,...
Alex Swoyer | June 1, 2017 | Data Privacy, Policing
Legal experts say Congress and the states need to step in to protect Americans’ privacy rights from the proliferation of voice-activated personal assistant devices such as Amazon’s Echo and Google’s Home, after a murder case in Arkansas raised questions about how much...
Taylor Carroll | March 16, 2017 | Data Privacy
There have been reports of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents asking people entering the U.S. to unlock their electronic device and inspect it. More often than not, a refusal to hand over the device and passcode could result in it being seized and the person...
Andrew J. Ruxton | January 23, 2017 | Data Privacy
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) maintained a human resource database containing current and former employees’ names, dates of birth, social security numbers, tax information, addresses, salaries, and bank information. Hackers breached the database...
