The Israeli Ministry of Health – backed up by government decision no. 3709 of March 25, 2018 – announced a national program to promote digital health. It is a highly ambitious plan, that relies heavily on using patients' health records as accumulated during the last 30 years in Israel and recorded in medical databases from various resources – clinical data, ...
The Israeli Securities Authority (ISA) has issued an opinion stating its intention to clarify existing disclosure requirements concerning cyber related risks. The new requirements aim to increase the awareness of publicly traded companies to such risks and their reporting obligations in cases of cyber incidents.
The opinion focuses on disclosure requirements in companies’ Prospectus or Periodic Report, and immediate disclosures during ...
Microsoft joined the Open Innovation Network, an initiative dedicated to protecting Linux and other open source software from patent risk. The Network is comprised of about 2,650 companies, including numerous Fortune 500 enterprises. It is a voluntary system of patent cross-licenses between member companies.
Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President, Erich Andersen, described the decision to join the Open Innovation Network ...
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) – the UK privacy regulator – issued new information security guidelines on encryption methods and passwords, within its guide to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The GDPR does not particularize what security measures organizations are required to implement in order to comply with the obligation to process personal data securely. The ICO’s guidance ...
The US Copyright Office has codified new exemptions to section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which prohibits circumventing technological measures used to prevent unauthorized access to copyrighted works.
Software and its copyright-protected code are an integral part of most devices. Device manufacturers argued that breaking the software locks as part of replacing parts or modifying devices is ...
The European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová, and the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, issued a joint statement following the Second Annual EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Review, declaring the following:
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