It’s getting hard to keep up with the flurry of legislative activity from the European Union these days. Barely a month goes by without a major technology law being announced, whether it’s the DSA, the DMA, the Data Act or the AI Act. Such is the pace of law-making that, […]
Cyber Law
The technology taxis under the draft Law on Road Traffic
1. Conditions for establishment of 100% State-owned enterprises The Government has just issued Decree 23/2022/ND-CP on the establishment, rearrangement, ownership conversion and transfer of the right to represent the owner in 100% state-owned enterprises. Accordingly, 100% state-owned enterprises shall only be considered for establishment when fully meeting the following conditions: […]
Decision for Mr Duncan John Blackburn McKee
REDACTED PUBLIC VERSION WARNING – THE PRINCIPAL DECISION IN THIS CASE CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND MUST NOT BE ISSUED TO THIRD PARTIES WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF OR EDITING BY THE TRAFFIC COMMISSIONER. THIS IS THE REDACTED PUBLIC VERSION. 1. TRAFFIC COMMISSIONER FOR SCOTLAND 1.1 ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1988 2. […]
Kentucky Becomes 21st State to Adopt Model Cyber Security Law for Insurers
Kentucky has become the 21st state to adopt a data security law that will require insurers and larger agencies to beef up measures designed to help prevent cyber attacks and data breaches. Gov. Andy Beshear in April signed House Bill 474, which was based on the National Association of Insurance […]
America’s Traffic Laws Give Police Way Too Much Power
We’ll never know what Philando Castile was feeling when the police lights first flashed across his rearview mirror on a balmy night in the summer of 2016. But we can be reasonably certain of what he wasn’t feeling: surprise. The traffic stop—ostensibly for a broken tail light—that precipitated his tragic […]
Biden Signs Bill To Create Cybercrime Reporting System
Image showing the Colonial Pipeline Houston Station facility in Pasadena, Texas (East of Houston) … [+] taken on May 10, 2021. – US President Joe Biden said that a Russia-based group was behind the ransomware attack that forced the shutdown of the largest oil pipeline in the eastern United States. […]
Gopuff app snubs traffic laws delivering snacks in Manhattan
New Yorkers’ love-hate relationship with fast grocery delivery apps is becoming more heated as one of the biggest has begun using cars in addition to bicycles and scooters, The Post has learned. Deep-pocketed startup Gopuff is on a hiring binge to recruit delivery workers who drive cars, even as surging […]
Tech trade group comes out against Indian cybersecurity law over reporting mandate
A technology trade group that represents Apple, Google, Microsoft and other tech giants has come out against a new directive from the Indian government mandating companies report cybersecurity incidents to CERT-IN within six hours of an incident. On April 28, the Indian government updated section 70B of the Information Technology […]
NY Democrats won’t let NYC control its traffic law cameras
The Democrat-controlled Albany Legislature will not be giving New York City the power to regulate its automated speed- and red-light cameras this year, and Mayor Eric Adams is placing blame squarely on the state leaders. Adams, responding in part to The Post’s reporting that his administration has mounted a lackluster […]
US Passes Law Requiring Better Cybercrime Data Collection
Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Incident & Breach Response DOJ, FBI Tasked With Compiling Detailed Stats, Developing Taxonomy to Sort Data Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • May 6, 2022 President Biden signed a bipartisan bill to strengthen law enforcement cybercrime statistics. (Source: Wikipedia) U.S. President Joe Biden […]