In transit on Cyber LawInquirer.netThe consolidated decision (the “Cyber Law decision,” for short), which disposed of several cases that was headed by Jose Jesus M. Disini Jr. et al. vs The Secretary of Justice et al., G.R. No. 203335, was issued…

The Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast: Episode #9Lawfare (blog)Last year, I was arguing with a couple of my partners, Michael Vatis and Jason Weinstein over the latest developments in privacy and security law. It was fun, mainly because they're smarter than I…

Robots and the law: what's after cyberlaw?Boing BoingRyan Calo, the organizer of the annual Stanford conference on Robots and the Law has written a new paper called Robotics and the New Cyberlaw , examining the new legal challenges posed by the prese…

IBNLiveHC directs cyber law division to block Savukku websiteThe HinduThe Madras High Court has directed the Group Coordinator (Joint Secretary), Cyber Law Division in the Union Department of Information Technology, to block the entire website (www.s…

Hurriyet Daily News'Turkey's new Internet law is the first step toward surveillance society ...Hurriyet Daily NewsThe government's amendments to the Internet law introduce highly problematic mechanisms in terms of democratic standards, says an Intern…

Turkey's Gul working to fix cyber law 'problems'Press TVHowever, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has remained defiant, rejecting claims that the newly-adopted cyber law will limit freedom of expression. Critics say the Turkish premier's a…

NSA's snooping: India should assume leading role in cyber law forumsHindustan TimesAnalysis. NSA's snooping: India should assume leading role in cyber law forums. Hardeep S Puri February 13, 2014. First Published: 21:09 IST(13/2/2014) Last Updated: 0…

Cyber law made stricterPeninsula On-lineCyber law made stricter. February 12, 2014 - 4:47:06 am. DOHA: The Advisory Council that approved Qatar's draft law “on combating cyber crime”, with some amendments, has recommended an extensive media campa…

Cyberlaw Review 2014: Internet GovernanceBloomberg BNABloomberg BNA asked leading attorneys, government officials, and online experts for their views on the most important legal developments in online law during 2013 and on what policy areas they bel…

UConn Advance (blog)Cracking Down on Cyber CrimeUConn Advance (blog)The Cyber Division leads the national effort to investigate high-tech crimes – such as cyber-based terrorism, espionage, computer intrusions, identity theft, and major cyber fraud…

In cybercrime war, Microsoft extends helping hand to gov'tInquirer.netSoftware giant Microsoft Corp. hopes to collaborate with Philippine government agencies to further secure the country from cybercriminals. On the sidelines of a forum Friday, Micro…

Liverpool EchoMerseyside Police's cyber crime unit branded a 'public disgrace'Liverpool EchoMerseyside police's cyber crime unit branded a 'public disgrace'. A judge branded Merseyside police's cyber crime unit a “public disgrace” after learning…

Fleet Owner (blog)Cybercrime toppping the list of cyber worriesFleet Owner (blog)A couple of new surveys regarding cyber security issues unearthed a surprising finding: that fears regarding cybercrime far outweigh data privacy concerns a la the snoop…

RapplerFighting cybercrime difficult in PH – NBIRapplerMANILA, Philippines – In the Philippines, there are only two forensic examiners in the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) who specialize in cybercrime. One of them is NBI Special Investig…

Cybercrime Might Increasingly Involve Middle ManagersInvestor's Business DailyThe PwC study focused on all aspects of global economic crime, not just cybercrime, including fraud, bribery and corruption. PwC queried 5,000 respondents in 95 countries,…

RapplerCybersex, media, privacy, and the cybercrime lawRapplerThis is the concluding part of our cybercrime law explainer that touches on 3 areas: cybersex, the media, and privacy. The basic information and definition of some legal terms are availabl…

Cybercrime hits financial firms hardest: surveyReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Cybercrime is the second most common type of fraud reported by financial firms, more than double the level across other industries, as criminals turn increasingly to technology…

BBC NewsLabour calls for tougher action against cyber crimeBBC NewsLabour has called for tougher action by police and the intelligence services to tackle cyber crimes connected with child pornography and terrorism. Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper…

FirstpostExperts warn of coming wave of serious cybercrimeWashington PostThe rash of attacks against Target and other top retailers is likely to be the leading edge of a wave of serious cybercrime, as hackers become increasingly skilled at breaching…

Governor's School students show cyber security chopsStaunton News LeaderSenior Elizabeth Jongeward of Waynesboro High School glances back to network engineer John York of Blue Ridge Community College as he answers a question during a class on cyber s…

Ask A VC: YL Ventures' Yoav Leitersdorf On The Cyber Security OpportunityTechCrunchLeitersdorf, who has backed a number of cyber security companies including Seculert, FireLayers and 6scan, talked about the trends he saw discussed at the recent RSA c…

ForbesFireEye CEO Doesn't See 'Any Limit' To Cybersecurity Firm's Exponential GrowthForbesHe doesn't see “any limit” to the massive market opportunity in the cybersecurity space. “Just in the last six months we've added 15 new products. When yo…

The Most Expensive 'Undiscovered' Cyber Security Company In The MarketNASDAQThis is not to say that the company doesn't have a real business that is valuable, but misguided investor enthusiasm and sell side analyst cheerleading has driven the valuati…

Technology: Dissecting the first version of the NIST's cybersecurity frameworkInsideCounselThe framework provides a standard model for the creation of new cybersecurity programs and the evaluation and improvement of existing programs that can be used…

siliconANGLE » Federal agencies stake their cybersecurity hopes on Big DataSiliconANGLE (blog)medium_9241268837 Government IT leaders says that the growth of Big Data analytics can help agencies to better understand network security, and lead to the…

Cybersecurity expert warns of government's overreachingPittsburgh Post GazetteIf policy makers don't restrict government surveillance programs, Americans could find themselves living in a police state before long, said Jody Westby, chief executive of…

Washington PostEvidence that the DC area really is a hotbed for cybersecurity jobsWashington PostFor evidence of the boom in cybersecurity jobs in the Washington region, one could simply take a drive up Interstate 95 toward Fort Meade: The crop of up…

San Francisco ChronicleChina's President Will Lead a New Effort on CybersecurityNew York TimesSHANGHAI — President Xi Jinping is presiding over a new working group on cybersecurity and information security, China announced on Thursday, a sign that…

Cyber-security White hats to the rescueThe EconomistANDREW WHITAKER has made a career out of breaking into things. A “white hat” hacker in techie jargon, Mr Whitaker leads a team of security specialists at Knowledge Consulting Group who spend the…

Yesterday, I wrote generally about the problems with section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act (FAA). Today I focus on categories of information—including content—that NSA collects under section 702 but maybe never minimizes—meaning one of the few…

Content platforms are under fire in Brazil. The Brazilian Superior Tribunal of Justice (“STJ”) recently found Google liable for copyright infringement for YouTube-hosted videos parodying a well-known commercial. The case raises concerns that copy…

I've written a lot about the problems with the FISA Amendments Act and section 702, which is the legal basis for the PRISM surveillance program and involves warrantless collection of communications contents via targeting non-U.S. individuals or entit…

Yesterday, Professor Richard Epstein wrote a post for Just Security recommending unmodified continuation of the NSA’s bulk phone records collection. Today, I responded to his post, and explained why I think Richard's position is a surprising diverg…

Yesterday's report from the independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, or PCLOB, confirms what Christopher Sprigman and I said back in June of last year in our New York Times Op Ed “The Criminal NSA”. The NSA’s telephone record me…

In a recent ruling issued by the 15th Section of the Barcelona Court of Appeals – a Section specializing on IP – the Spanish ISP R Cable y Telecomunicaciones Galicia has been ordered to suspend, immediately and for good, the Internet connection o…

A few days ago, the hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) industry was able to successfully lobby (via Halliburton) to weaken North Carolina's proposed fracking information access rules. The result could be that trade secrets – that information th…

The next meeting of the Stanford Intermediary Liability Lab (SILLab) will take place on Thursday, January 16 at 4pm in Room 230 at Stanford Law School. Professor Eric Goldman from Santa Clara Law School will join us for an informal discussion abou…

Last month, changes to the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies (“Wassenaar Arrangement”) placed “zero-days”, other computer exploits, and potentially more categories of software u…

Cross posted from Just Security. Read more » about New Report Questions Value of Section 702 Warrantless SurveillanceRelated Topics: surveillance

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The Berkman Buzz is selected weekly from the posts of Berkman Center people and projects.To subscribe, click here. Cyberlaw Clinic argues against forcing defendants to decrypt data…

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society is pleased to be among the inaugural participating institutions in an innovative privacy program launched this week by Fordham Law School's Center for Law and Information Policy ("CLIP").   The project i…

The Berkman Buzz is selected weekly from the posts of Berkman Center people and projects.To subscribe, click here. DMLP files brief seeking First Amendment scrutiny in United State…

Following last week’s news about changes at the Cyberlaw Clinic, we wanted to formally announce the launch of the Clinic’s new website: cyberlawclinic.berkman.harvard.edu.  The site describes the Clinic’s practice; collects some of the am…

via the Digital Media Law ProjectYesterday the Digital Media Law Project, with help from the Cyberlaw Clinic, filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in United States v. Auernheimer, arguing that the Fi…

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society and Harvard Law School are pleased to announce the promotion of Christopher T. Bavitz to the role of Managing Director of the Cyberlaw Clinic, effective July 1, 2013. Berkman Director Susan Crawford, who w…

For the last year, students in the Harvard Cyberlaw Clinic and Clinic director Phil Malone have been pursuing a project to better understand how technology is used to facilitate human trafficking and the commercial sexual exploitation of children.…

Are you interested in getting law school credit by working for real-world clients on cutting-edge legal issues that involve intellectual property, privacy, technology, and the Internet?  Come learn about the Cyberlaw Clinic during the HLS Clinica…