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Ex Ante Intellectual Property Considerations For Small Businesses, Jason A. Sanders

DePaul Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law

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Revitalizing Language Through Education: Ireland's Use Of International Law To Drive Linguistic Preservation, Emma A. O'Connell

DePaul Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law

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The Data Privacy Landscape During Covid-19: An Exploration Of Some Of The Major Data Privacy Regulations And Trends, Gitanjali Deb

DePaul Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law

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Open World Regulation: The Urgent Need For Federal Legislation On Video Game Loot Boxes, Alex Reyes

Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts

Loot boxes are items in video games that contain randomized prizes that players can purchase with real-world money. In recent years, loot boxes have come under scrutiny because the relationship between behavior and the underlying mechanics of loot boxes are similar to that of addictive behaviors associated with real-world gambling. Many papers suggest solutions focused on industry changes without direct regulation. However, these papers neglect the enormous profit incentive to maintain a business practice which can have detrimental behavioral effects on children. The United States federal government must take example from a growing number of European countries and ban the …

Table Of Contents, Ashley Stoll

Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts

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Digital Contract Tracing In The Workplace, Alexandra Kiosse

Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the way businesses run and operate in the United States. With the dire need to keep employees safe, digital contact tracing has become the most efficient mechanism for controlling the spread of the virus within places of employment. However, information privacy laws come into tension with the use of employee health data by employers and third parties. This Article proposes a careful balance between contact tracing and maintaining employees’ privacy as they share health and proximity data with digital contact tracing applications in the workplace.

The Offense Of Unauthorized Access In Computer Crimes' Legislation A Comparative Study, Rizgar Mohammed Kadir

UAEU Law Journal

This article is dedicated to dealing with one of the main computer related crimes namely unauthorized access. Unauthorized computer access has emerged as a great challenge to the computer industry long before computer crimes statutes had been enacted, so prosecutors have tried to subject the act to traditional offense provisions. Since such efforts failed or faced real legal difficulties, legislators have come to the conclusion that such an offense should be evaluated under a new criminal provision. Legislators are invited to enact specific computer crime statutes to criminalize the process of unauthorized access and make it a first order offense. …

Internet Providers’ Liability For Illegal Content A Study In French And European E-Commerce Law, Mohammed I. Abu El-Haija, Alaa Khasawneh

UAEU Law Journal

The advent of the computer and the Internet has lead to huge technological developments in contact means. However, some problems have emanated from such developments such as the misuse of the Internet in the form of publishing illegal and harmful content. As a result, some questions have been raised such as, whether Internet providers can be held liable for such publishing, on what such liability maybe be based, and what standards maybe applied to Internet providers’ liability. This study aims to identify the conditions under which Internet providers can be held liable for providing illegal, harmful content

The Bill Of Lading On The Blockchain: An Analysis Of Its Compatibility With International Rules On Commercial Transactions, Mark L. Shope

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

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Identification Of Lsb Image Steganography Using Cover Image Comparisons, Michael Pelosi, Chuck Easttom

Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law

Steganography has long been used to counter forensic investigation. This use of steganography as an anti-forensics technique is becoming more widespread. This requires forensic examiners to have additional tools to more effectively detect steganography. In this paper we introduce a new software concept specifically designed to allow the digital forensics professional to clearly identify and attribute instances of LSB image steganography by using the original cover image in side-by-side comparison with a suspected steganographic payload image. This technique is embodied in a software implementation named CounterSteg. The CounterSteg software allows detailed analysis and comparison of both the original cover …

Backup And Recovery Mechanisms Of Cassandra Database: A Review, Karina Bohora, Amol Bothe, Damini Sheth, Rupali Chopade, V. K. Pachghare

Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law

Cassandra is a NoSQL database having a peer-to-peer, ring-type architecture. Cassandra offers fault-tolerance, data replication for higher availability as well as ensures no single point of failure. Given that Cassandra is a NoSQL database, it is evident that it lacks the amount of research that has gone into comparatively older and more widely and broadly used SQL databases. Cassandra’s growing popularity in recent times gives rise to the need of addressing any security-related or recovery-related concerns associated with its usage. This review paper discusses the existing deletion mechanism in Cassandra and presents some identified issues related to backup and recovery …

Social Media User Relationship Framework (Smurf), Anne David, Sarah Morris, Gareth Appleby-Thomas

Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law

The use of social media has spread through many aspects of society, allowing millions of individuals, corporate as well as government entities to leverage the opportunities it affords. These opportunities often end up being exploited by a small percentage of the user community who use it for objectionable or unlawful activities; for example, trolling, cyber bullying, grooming, luring. In some cases, these unlawful activities result in investigations where swift retrieval of critical evidence required in order to save a life.

This paper presents a proof of concept (PoC) framework for social media user attribution. The framework aims to provide digital …

Toto, I'Ve A Feeling The Environment Isn't Safe From Cryptocurrency Anymore: The Degrading Ecological Effects Of Bitcoin And Digital Currencies, Samantha T. Edgell

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

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Fact Or Phallus? Considering The Constitutionality Of Texas's Cyber-Flashing Law Under The True Threat Doctrine, Brenna Cheyne Miller

Texas A&M Law Review

As societal reliance on digital and online communication continues to grow, courts are grappling with how best to provide legal recourse for novel, technology-related issues while still protecting American citizens’ First Amendment right to free speech. The State of Texas recently enacted Penal Code section 21.19, which criminalizes the transmission of unsolicited sexually explicit images to another person—or as it is commonly known, “cyber-flashing.” Cyber-flashing occurs through digital and online platforms, including text messages, apps, and social media. Section 21.19 is one of the first statutes of its kind in the United States. In the age of “dick pics,” this …

The Adequacy Of The Substantive Rules In The Jordanian Electronic Crimes Law No. (27) For The Year 2015: A Comparative Study Of The Legislative Development At The National And The International Levels, Anwar Mohammed Masadeh

UAEU Law Journal

Regulating E-Crimes in Jordan has gone through different stages. The latest amendment was by issuing Law no 27 of 2015 of Electronic Crimes, which cancelled the previous law no 30 of 2010 of Information Technology Crimes. The new law is analyzed, and it found that some crimes have been cancelled and others have been established. Moreover, amendments were made on the elements, Ingredients and the punishments of some crimes. This study examined the new law and analyzed it through two methods; by comparing it with the old law to reach to the new rules and regulations. Also, by comparing it …

Provisions Of The Penalty Of Compensation For Cyber Crimes In The Uae Private International Law, Dr. Ziad Khalifa Al-Anzi

UAEU Law Journal

Compensation for information technology crimes in UAE private international law The Emirates legislature issued law No 5 for the year 2012 regarding information technology crimes. The Law contains these crimes and defines their sanctions. In general these crimes and legal relations related to them are known by the foreign element that associated with one of their elements. Most of these crimes are committed against the state and their effects affect another state. This situation requires the scholarship of the conflict of laws to determine the law applicable to civil actions from which are resulted, whether the lawsuit is held to …

Go Phish: Circuit Split In Policy Interpretation For Social Engineering Fraud Losses Creates Ambiguity For Insurers And Insureds, Gabriella Scott

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

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The District Of Columbia Circuit Finds Article Iii Standing Based On The Risk Of Future Identity Theft In In Re U.S. Office Of Personnel Management Data Security Breach Litigation, Briana L. Borgolini

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

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A Unified Theory Of Data, William Magnuson

Faculty Scholarship

How does the proliferation of data in our modern economy affect our legal system? Scholars that have addressed the question have nearly universally agreed that the dramatic increases in the amount of data available to companies, as well as the new uses to which that data is being put, raise fundamental problems for our regulatory structures. But just what those problems might be remains an area of deep disagreement. Some argue that the problem with data is that current uses lead to discriminatory results that harm minority groups. Some argue that the problem with data is that it impinges on …

Five Approaches To Insuring Cyber Risks, Christopher C. French

Maryland Law Review

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