Tracking Privacy Harms in America

Here are two excellent resources to help untangle the giant spaghetti of emerging privacy regulations spreading though America right now. A detailed IAPP US State Privacy Legislation Tracker showing California, Colorado, Utah and Virginia moving first with Oklahoma coming up soon. A Privacy Harms paper by Citron and Solove: Privacy harms consist of various different … Continue reading Tracking Privacy Harms in America

Fascinating Twist in Discovery of 200-year-old Sunken Ship: America’s Caste System

NOAA has posted an interesting write-up of deep sea excavation for the “Industry”, a whaling ship that sank centuries ago. The remains of the 64-foot long, two-masted wooden brig opens a window into a little known chapter of American history when descendants of African enslaved people and Native Americans served as essential crew in one … Continue reading Fascinating Twist in Discovery of 200-year-old Sunken Ship: America’s Caste System

Colonial Pipeline Spills Details on First CISO

Update March 1: Colonial Pipeline PR Reacts Let me begin by saying the first ever chief information security officer (CISO) hire anywhere ever was a PR invention of Wall Street back in 1994. This position was officially rolled out in a news campaign by Citicorp in order to offset panic when they disclosed their security … Continue reading Colonial Pipeline Spills Details on First CISO

1,000 Porsches Burning Rubber: Ship Carrying Luxury Vehicles to America Catches Fire and Set Adrift

A Samsung-built ship “specialized” to carry luxury European cars to America is reportedly a smoldering wreck in the Atlantic, after catching on fire 90 nautical miles (170 km) southwest of the island Faial. Thousands of Porsches, Audis, and Lamborghinis were marooned on an unmanned burning cargo ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean Thursday. … Continue reading 1,000 Porsches Burning Rubber: Ship Carrying Luxury Vehicles to America Catches Fire and Set Adrift