DtSR Episode 130 - Where Law and Cyber Collide

In this episode

• Traveler's Insurance files suit against a web developmeent company for failing to provide adequate security, resulting in a breach of one of its customers
  • http://www.law360.com/articles/614158/travelers-blames-web-designer-in-bank-website-data-breach
  • We discuss whether security standards are now "implied"?
  • Does Traveler's have any standing to sue? (Shawn thinks not)
• FTC goes after LabMD for a data breach
  • http://healthitsecurity.com/2015/01/23/ftc-healthcare-data-breach-case-v-labmd-continues/
  • Is the FTC over-reaching?
  • We discuss this statement from the FTC website: "[LabMD failed to] ..reasonably protect the security of consumers’ personal data, including medical information"
• Social media company TopFace pays a ransom to hackers
  • http://www.forbes.com/sites/davelewis/2015/01/31/topface-facepalms-as-it-surrenders-to-data-breach-hacker-blackmail/
  • Face + Palm.
  • We lament why this absolutely terrible decision may have far-reaching repercussions

Guest

• Shawn Tuma ( @ShawnETuma ) - In addition to being a perennial favorite on this show, Shawn is an attorney with expertise in computer fraud, social media law, data security, intellectual property, privacy, and litigation. He's a Texan, a Christian, a family man, an author & and speaker - and an all-around awesome guy.

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