Due to the spread of the new coronavirus infectious disease (COVID-19), online lessons and other remote classes have been started at various educational sites. In response to this situation, Web Japan criticism introduced a discussion about “education that does not
MANDATING INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION (BI) CLAIMS IN THE COVID-19 ERA
Jay Kesan .P and Linfeng Zhang In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, many states have issued stay-at-home orders to limit the activities of businesses, especially the ones defined as non-essential. On top of that, many residents have voluntarily reduced their
GOOGLE AND CENSORING OF SEARCH RESULTS
In recent news, President Trump has accused Google of rigging search results. The President claims that the search engine giant has purposefully suppressed positive stories about his administration, and could be opened to prosecution as a result. While the President’s
THE FDA’S NEW CYBER SECURITY MEASURES FOR MEDICAL DEVICES
The 4th generation of the Apple Watch was released last week with exciting new features including fall detection and advanced heart monitoring capabilities. Two of these health-related features, heart rhythm detection and personal electrocardiogram, have received clearance from the Food
AMAZON ECHO IN DORM ROOMS AND PRIVACY CONCERNS
As the fall semester begins, students of Saint Louis University will soon find a new amenity, the Amazon Echo Dot, in each of their dorm rooms. Echo Dot is a voice assistant device developed by Amazon and enabled by the
TAKING A DEEP DIVE INTO THE RUSSIAN INDICTMENT BASED ON THEIR CYBER ATTACKS
On Friday, July 13th, Robert Mueller’s special prosecution team announced an indictment of twelve Russian agents in connection with cyber attacks against us. The indictment discusses two computer intrusion units in the Russian military. One of these units is associated
LAW ENFORCEMENT NEEDS A WARRANT TO OBTAIN CELL-SITE LOCATION DATA
Cellular service providers store information about which cell towers transmit signals to a customer’s phone, thus revealing the geographic area where you are located when the transmission occurs.When cell phones were first getting popular, this information would be limited to
THE BRAND NEW GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR) IN THE EU
If you have online accounts with social media sites, e-commerce companies or any other businesses which have your personal information, you are probably receiving several notifications through your email about privacy policy updates from them during the past weeks. This
FACEBOOK PRIVACY VIOLATION SCANDAL IN BROADER CONTEXT
In April, the CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, testified in Congress about the alleged user privacy violations that occurred at Facebook. Several weeks later,Cambridge Analytica, the political consulting firm that misused the personal information of millions of Facebook users, is
HUMAN ERRORS AND THE COMPUTER FRAUD AND ABUSE ACT (CFAA)
Humans and computers are alike in at least one sense –both could malfunction or be compromised. On Feb. 28th, the U.S. Marine Forces Reserve announced a data breach affecting thousands of marines, sailors and civilians, putting their identities at risk,as