by Ted Sabety | Jan 21, 2021 | Data Security & Privacy, Information Technology & Enterprise Software Procurement, Software Procurement & Licensing
January, 2021. The U.S. Government and major U.S. corporations are still figuring out the extent of the intrusion by Russian hackers into their systems through the Solar Winds software hack. The SVA cyber-spook agency of the Russian government injected malware into...
by Ted Sabety | Nov 18, 2020 | Data Security & Privacy
November, 2020. Our pro-bono client, Zerobase Foundation, is launching their anonymous QR-code based COVID-19 infection tracing platform. We advised Zerobase regarding Intellectual Property, including licensing and branding. The nonprofit Zerobase Foundation is...
by Ted Sabety | Jul 16, 2020 | Data Security & Privacy
July 16, 2020. In 2016, the U.S. and the E.U. negotiated a “safe harbor” arrangement to protect in the U.S. the personal data of E.U. consumers, called the EU-US Privacy Shield. The E.U, Commission decided that the Privacy Shield arrangement was sufficient so that ...
by Ted Sabety | Mar 23, 2020 | Data Security & Privacy
Ex-Google Engineer in Plea Agreement Over Federal Trade Secret Theft Charges – a Lesson in Trade Secret Protection. March 20, 2020, Federal prosecutors had charged Google’s senior self-driving car engineer with 33 counts of trade secret theft stemming from his...
by Ted Sabety | Mar 13, 2020 | Data Security & Privacy
The COVID-19 virus outbreak is causing many businesses to have employees work from home. There are IP and data security legal issues at play: trade secrets may lose their status, non-disclosure agreements may get breached and consumer data may get mishandled. Our...
by Ted Sabety | Jan 20, 2020 | Data Security & Privacy
This is a new law that the California AG has stated will be enforced beginning July 1, 2020. The intent is to rein in use of California resident’s personal information by “businesses”. Loosely, a “business” is defined as an entity (and its affiliates) operating in...
