Hivemind | August 18, 2019
Summer 2019 Special Edition Greetings Hivemind, To welcome everyone to the 2019-2020 school year, you are receiving this special edition Hivemind. Have information you want the Hive to know? Email us with an article, book, or event you’d like us to share in a future edition. In this edition • • •
Upcoming DPCLS events ICYMI: Tech news you can use Action required: Equifax data breach settlement
Mark your calendars We spent the summer working on an exciting slate of speakers to bring you this fall. For now, be sure you save the date for the following DPCLS events. All events begin at 12:50 p.m. unless otherwise noted and free food will be served at the events on campus. • • •
September 5: Informational meeting (room 141) September 26: A DPCLS Conversation about Privacy with Chris Brannigan (room 124) Week of October 6: Cybersecurity Week featuring: o October 8: Privacy talk (Williamsburg Regional Library, 2 p.m.) o October 11: Beth Burgin
A few weeks ago in tech NYTimes’ weekly review of tech-industry news this summer included an analysis of a bill proposed by two United States Senators (one of which is Virginia’s Mark Warner), giving consumers better transparency and disclosures regarding how companies use our personal information. Read more >
About DPCLS W&M Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Legal Society strives to promote education in developing legal issues in data privacy & cybersecurity.
DPCLS Board • Shaun Goodfriend President • Mechelle King Vice President • Dannieka McLean Secretary • Kate Hall Co-Treasurer • Mark Garrett Co-Treasurer • Julian Moradian Alumni Relations
Contact DPCLS Email: DPCLS@email.wm.edu Facebook: W&M Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Legal Society
Equifax data breach settlement Law-school life comes at you so fast that you may have forgotten about that pesky data breach Equifax experienced in 2017. If your data was compromised, you may want to re-engage as you have a decision to make in the resulting settlement: money or monitoring. Weigh your options >
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