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Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets and Accounts

By Carly Ziegler on Posted in Cloud Computing, Electronic Communications, Legislation, Online Privacy
Traditionally, a person’s most valuable assets to be distributed upon death consisted of tangible items such as real property, cash, jewelry and personal effects of sentimental value like photographs and letters.  However, the advent of the digital age has brought a shift from file cabinets, mailmen and photo albums to cloud storage, e-mail accounts and … Continue Reading

Honoring Do-Not-Track Browser Signals

By Carly Ziegler on Posted in Behavioral Marketing, Mobile Privacy, Online Privacy
We’re all familiar with the ads that pop up on the side of our browsers, personalized to highlight things we might be interested in based on our web browsing activity.  Marketers and advertisers regularly track consumers’ online activities, interests and preferences and use the information they collect to create targeted ads, meant to appeal to … Continue Reading

President Obama Signs Executive Order on Cybersecurity

By Carly Ziegler on Posted in Data Breaches, Data Privacy Laws, National Security, Online Privacy
As announced during the 2013 State of the Union Address, President Obama recently signed an Executive Order on cybersecurity.  The primary goals of the Executive Order are to (a) improve communication between private companies and the federal government about emerging cyber threats and (b) safeguard the nation’s critical infrastructure against cyber attacks by developing and implementing … Continue Reading
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