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By Drew Wisniewski & Jennifer Archie

Governor Jerry Brown signed California Assembly Bill 370 (“A.B. 370”), an amendment to the California Online Privacy Protection Act (“CalOPPA”), into law on Friday, September 27. As previously reported here, A.B. 370 requires an operator of a Web site or online service that collects “personally identifiable information” to disclose how it responds to “do not track” signals. Attorney General Kamala Harris applauded Brown for signing the bill, which she sponsored.   Harris said in…

By Drew Wisniewski and Jennifer Archie

On September 3, 2013, California Assembly Bill 370 (“A.B. 370”), an amendment to the California Online Privacy Protection Act (“CalOPPA”), was enrolled and sent to Governor Jerry Brown for his signature.  A.B. 370, which was sponsored by Attorney General Kamala Harris, requires an operator of a Web site or online service that collects “personally identifiable information” to disclose how it responds to “do not track” signals.  Under the California Constitution, the Governor has 12…

By Lijie Han

China’s internet and telecoms industry regulator, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), recently released two draft regulations for public comment, namely, the amended Measures on the Administration of Internet Information Services (IIS Measures) and the Notice Regarding Strengthening the Administration of Network Access for Smart Mobile Devices (Smart Mobile Notice).

The draft IIS Measures were issued on June 7, 2012 and are meant to supersede the original measures promulgated on September 25, 2000. Among…

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At the end of 2010, the UK Government raised the national threat level for cyber security risk to Tier One (the same tier as the terrorism threat) and announced it was allocating £650 million (around US $1 billion) to governmental cyber security measures and resilience developments.

A recent report by Chatham House in association with Detica indicates that many private organizations are well behind the government in how they evaluate and defend against these…