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Law enforcement agencies have powerful forensic tools to gather information from your phone

TechSpot

Over the course of 2019 and into 2020, Upturn filed more than 110 public record requests with state and local law enforcement agencies to determine which have access to forensic tools to collect data from smartphones and how they use them.

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In Colorado, gas could soon come with a warning label

Fast Company Tech

About 136 lobbyist registrations were filed with the secretary of state in the position of support, opposition, or monitoringa benchmark of the measures divisiveness. Yet to make long-term progress toward a state mandate to cut emissions 100% by 2050, officials need residents to drive less and carpool and take public transit more.

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Time Running Out To Comply With California Fundraising Law

The NonProfit Times

California’s solicitation laws did not specifically reach online platforms, leaving what state officials called “a gap in the regulatory framework with respect to a fast-growing and highly innovative segment of charitable fundraising.” Wu , a partner in the nonprofit focused law firm Perlman And Perlman. 2] Required Disclosures.

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Fair Use Victory Advances a Future of Accessibility for All

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

HathiTrust, a unanimous three-judge panel concluded that digitizing books in order to enhance research and provide access to individuals with print disabilities is lawful on the grounds of fair use —that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work ( Section 107 of the U.S.

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FBI warning: What is Medusa ransomware and how can you protect yourself from getting hacked?

Fast Company Tech

In the past week, law enforcement agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a warning about the ongoing threat of Medusa ransomware. Heres what you need to know about the threat and how you can protect yourself. What is Medusa ransomware?

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Where should US-based startups file their patent applications?

TechCrunch

You know that if you want to protect the product, you should file a patent application. So, you hire a patent lawyer and file a U.S. Well, you can file a patent application in each of those countries. However, the cost of filing a patent application in every country can be prohibitive even for the largest companies.

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A court decision in favor of startup UpCodes may help shape open access to the law

TechCrunch

For the past three years, UpCodes and its founders have been entangled in a copyright lawsuit filed by the International Code Council (ICC). ” Can the law be copyrighted? ” Can the law be copyrighted? Public.Resource.org , which stemmed from another case involving copyright and the law.

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