article thumbnail

A Cyber Insurance Backstop

Schneier on Security

In the first week of January, the pharmaceutical giant Merck quietly settled its years-long lawsuit over whether or not its property and casualty insurers would cover a $700 million claim filed after the devastating NotPetya cyberattack in 2017. The 9/11 attacks cost insurers and reinsurers $47 billion. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

article thumbnail

Irish Data Protection Bill in Final Committee Stage Before the Irish Legislature

Hunton Privacy

Right to Access Results of Examinations and Appeals : The Bill specifically provides for a right of access to examination results, examination scripts and the results of an examination appeal. Previous editions of the Bill exempted such public authorities and public bodies from administrative fines.

GDPR 48
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Make My Baby - Is The Baby Facebook? Updated: No, It's Myspace.

John Battelle's Searchblog

Back in the days when Google and its rival Overture were on the rise (this would be pre-IPO for Google, so around 2002-3), an army of small time arbitragers were gathering, leveraging Adwords (and in 2003, Adsense) to make money in any number of ways. Or will it ever? Allow me to explain.

IT 78
article thumbnail

Make My Baby - Is The Baby Facebook?

John Battelle's Searchblog

Back in the days when Google and its rival Overture were on the rise (this would be pre-IPO for Google, so around 2002-3), an army of small time arbitragers were gathering, leveraging Adwords (and in 2003, Adsense) to make money in any number of ways. Or will it ever? Allow me to explain.

article thumbnail

Appeals Court Finds Employee Who Auto-Forwarded Supervisor’s Emails Violated Wiretap Act

Hunton Privacy

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., 2002); United States v. Writing for a unanimous panel that included Circuit Judges Posner and Kanne, Chief Judge Easterbrook acknowledged that several other circuits have said that, to violate the Wiretap Act, an interception must be “contemporaneous” with the communication. 3d 107, 113 (3d Cir.

article thumbnail

Silicon Review awards Import.io top workplace of the year

Import.IO

Web data from hundreds of insurance companies ensure that health care patients in the US are getting the right care at the right price. Mr. Read served as CEO and President of Nimsoft from 2002 to 2010, leading the company to its acquisition by CA Technologies. The different uses for web data are endless.

Retail 52
article thumbnail

ILITA Issues Restrictions on Financial Institutions

Hunton Privacy

Pursuant to the Instruction, if a bank or insurance company finds out that a client’s account has become subject to a writ of execution, such information may not be used to deny the client credit or to adjust the rate of his or her insurance premiums. Information regarding writs of execution may be used only to carry out the writ.