Day: September 14, 2016

NL Gov gets rid of medical confidentiality

Posted on by Robin Edgar

NO, there is no opt out! The Dutch government has passed a law allowing insurance companies to access medical files with a “suspicion of fraud” (whatever that is) and only have to tell the person who’s privacy has been infringed three months later. Medical privacy is one of the last untouchable bastions of privacy, I Read more about NL Gov gets rid of medical confidentiality[…]

Someone Is Learning How to Take Down the Internet – Lawfare

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Over the past year or two, someone has been probing the defenses of the companies that run critical pieces of the Internet. These probes take the form of precisely calibrated attacks designed to determine exactly how well these companies can defend themselves, and what would be required to take them down. We don’t know who Read more about Someone Is Learning How to Take Down the Internet – Lawfare[…]