Tag Archives: Internet

Court of Appeals Upholds FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules and Regulatory Authority

By Suchismita Pahi and Alan L. Friel on June 15, 2016 Posted in Enforcement, Privacy Litigation

On June 14, 2016, the D.C. Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 in favor of the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) net neutrality rules, which the commission approved on February 26, 2015 (published March 12, 2015). This reclassified broadband internet access service (BIAS) as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act, affording the FCC … Continue Reading

Senate Takes Up Cybersecurity Bill: Can National Security Trump Politics This Close to the Election? Part 2

By William Weber on August 1, 2012 Posted in Cybersecurity, Federal Legislation

Yesterday we asked: Can National Security Trump Politics This Close to the Election? The answer is looking more and more like “no”. Having failed to reach agreement with his Republican counterpart on limiting debate and consideration of amendments (of which there are now 167) to the bill, last night Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) filed … Continue Reading

Internet Banking Authentication Security Procedures Found Commercially Unreasonable

By Craig A. Hoffman on July 12, 2012 Posted in Financial Privacy, Identity Theft, Online Privacy

It is a common scenario—a company’s computer system becomes infected with some variant of the Zeus Trojan with a key logger that sends key strokes out to a command and control server operated by a criminal. The criminal searches the key strokes to find login credentials to that company’s Internet bank account, which are used … Continue Reading