Ernie The Attorney reports on his experiences at the LegalTech conference in Los Angeles. He has some interesting observations:
It’s too bad that more lawyers don’t attend conferences like this one: there were several great programs that required no special tech-awareness. In fact, the session about ‘Coping with E-Mail Overload’ was one of the most useful programs I’ve seen recently.
An interesting question: What exactly is “unauthorized” access, as far as computers are concerned? If the answer seems clear-cut to you, you may want to read this article to see how the issue quickly becomes murky. As is often the case, old legal precedents don’t quite work when applied to new technology.
PayPal has this page to help you identify “fake” emails that are actually trying to trick you into giving away personal information. I highly recommend reading it – so much so, that I’m including some of their tips right here.
Talking about blogging – and “blawgs,” or law blogs – with Keith M. Survell, the head of development and blogger at TurboLaw Software.
TurboLaw’s own Keith M. Survell talks about the importance of data security in the modern law office – especially since so many files are digitized as PDFs and so forth.
You’re going to be hearing more & more about these types of things as time goes on. My advice: use caution when giving out your personal information!
Recently, a lot of users of TurboLaw have reported errors while checking for updates. This problem is caused by a software firewall program on the user’s computer. The firewall software has “blocked” TurboLaw update, and is not allowing it to access the Internet. (We have an article describing this symptom: TL00215.)
From a Reuters story posted on Yahoo! News:
LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Data broker LexisNexis on Wednesday said that identity thieves have gained access to profiles of 32,000 U.S. citizens, prompting calls for better consumer protections after a rash of similar break-ins.
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The information accessed included names, addresses, Social Security and driver’s license numbers, but not credit histories, medical records or financial information.
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