On January 12, 2015, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that an employer in Romania did not breach its employee’s privacy rights by monitoring and reading the employee’s instant messages (Case of Barbulescu v. Romania; application no. 61496/08). Our Global Workplace Insider blog also reported on the decision.
Caution ahead – Internet of Things and cyber insurance – A talk with Chris Valasek, the “Jeep Hacker” event
On Thursday, January 28, Boris Segalis and David Navetta, who co-chair Norton Rose Fulbright’s Data Protection, Privacy and Cybersecurity practice in the US, invite you to join Chris Valasek, security lead at Uber Advanced Technology Center and recognized “Jeep Hacker,” along with a panel of our cybersecurity professionals, for an intimate discussion on the revolutionary possibilities of the IoT, among other hot topics. Darren Lubetzky, who is with the Federal Trade Commission’s New York Regional Office, and Ffion Flockhart, a cyber insurance partner with Norton Rose Fulbright’s London office, will also be serving on the panel.
Cyber security – making banking safer
Cybersecurity is rarely out of global news headlines. David Navetta and Marcus Evans have commented on the issue in the January 2016 edition of The Banker. The feature – “Cyber security – making banking safer” – looks how financial institutions are protecting their assets and customers’ data.
Federal Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act signed into law
On December 18, 2015, President Barack Obama signed into law the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA) as part of the 2016 omnibus spending bill. CISA encourages businesses and the federal government to share cyber threat information in the interest of national security.