Trailblazing Email Privacy Bill Proposed in Texas
Mary Grinman – Edited by Natalie Kim

On May 27, 2013, the Texas State Senate and House signed H.B. 2268. The legislation requires state law enforcement agents to secure a warrant before accessing emails and other “electronic customer data.” H.B. 2268 at 3–4. It also permits warrants on out-of-state service providers that do business with a Texas resident in certain circumstances. Id. at 9. The bill closes the loophole of the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), which allows warrantless access to emails opened or older than 180 days.

Unwanted Exposure: Civil and Criminal Liability for Revenge Porn Hosts and Posters

Written by: Susanna Lichter
Edited by: Suzanne Van Arsdale

Hollie Toups, the first named plaintiff in Toups v. GoDaddy, was harassed for weeks after nude pictures of her appeared on the website Texxxan.com alongside her real name and a link to her Facebook profile. When Toups requested that Texxxan.com remove the pictures, she was told by the website that they could help in exchange for her credit card information.[i] Texxxan.com is a “revenge porn” or “involuntary porn” website.[ii]

Flash Digest: News in Brief

By Jessica Vosgerchian

Phishing Attack Used to Steal Bitcoins

Court Documents Reveal FBI Cellphone Surveillance Tool and Verizon’s Involvement

Google Introduced New Tool for Managing Digital Afterlife

Lithuania Monitors Suspected Tax Fraud with Google Maps Street View

Flash Digest: News in Brief

By Samantha Rothberg

Reuters Employee Indicted for Conspiring with Anonymous to Hack News Site

Federal Judge Allows FTC to Serve International Defendants via Facebook

D.C. Circuit Reinstates ACLU Lawsuit Seeking Information on CIA’s Role in Drone Strikes

Google Settles Street View Lawsuit, Acknowledges Privacy Violations

Executive Order Promotes Public-Private Collaboration to Protect Critical Infrastructure from Cyber Threat
By Jessica Vosgerchian — Edited by Ashish Bakshi

Executive Order 13636—Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity

On February 12, President Obama signed an Executive Order to increase information sharing between government agencies and private companies regarding cybersecurity threats to critical infrastructure. The order mandates the delivery of classified reports to infrastructure companies that are likely targets of cyber attacks.