If you’ve been paying any attention to the latest cryptocurrency news and even if you haven’t you’ve probably heard something about the new NFT craze that has been sweeping the space. NFTs are “non-fungible tokens” that are stored on a…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) issues immigration detainers “to advise another law enforcement agency that the Department seeks custody of an [individual] presently in the custody of that agency, for the purpose of arresting and removing the [individual].” The…
On August 27, a 12-year-old boy in Colorado flashed a toy gun, emblazoned with the words “Zombie Hunter,” across the screen during his virtual art class. The school’s vice principal later called the boy’s mother to inform her that a…
With the world becoming more technologically advanced, we are finding ourselves producing and collecting data in all aspects of our lives. Although much of this data is collected for beneficial reasons, it comes with a trade off of privacy. Whether…
“My Friend Cayla” might be a spy, according to the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and other advocacy groups who filed a complaint about the doll’s data collection risks with the FTC in December.[1] Cayla uses Bluetooth technology to connect…
Traditionally, employers have issued company-owned devices to their employees. This traditional approach has allowed employers to have more control of and access to employees’ devices. Currently, employers are generally free to monitor its employees’ text messages or online activity for…
Chances are, if you owned a VIZIO TV from February 2014 to late 2016 and the default “Smart Interactivity” feature was enabled, your TV was transmitting second-by-second information back to VIZIO about what you were watching–be it from your cable…
On July, 2016, Chris Correa, the former Scouting Director of the St. Louis Cardinals, was sentenced to 46-months in prison, and fined approximately $300,000.00, for hacking the Houston Astro’s database in 2013-2014.[1] He pled guilty to “five criminal counts for…
“Alexa, get me a box of pens, a legal pad, and a Diet Coke!” While this might sound like an order that a hawkish partner at a law firm might bark at a young and innocent associate, this is actually…
On Thursday, September 8th, 2016 Ohio police officers posted photographs of a couple and their son on Facebook[1]. The pictures display a woman and man, unconscious in the front seats of their vehicle, and a four-year-old child awake in…
A Florida jury has decided that a grainy sex tape released without permission is worth $115 million in compensatory damages, plus $25 million in punitive damages, resulting in a staggering award of $140 million.[1] Retired wrestler Hulk Hogan, whose real…
The long-simmering struggle between two essential American interests came to a dramatic head this week when Apple indicated its intent to appeal a court order directing the company to unlock an iPhone used by Syed Rizwan Farook, one of the…
