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Apple iPad and Dictation

Clearinghouse IWG — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:29:24 +0000

Slaw post to caution lawyers about Siri dictation feature. Good advice for all members of the justice community who must preserve the confidentiality of the information they work with. Note from DW: There’s also lively discussion in the comments section about security in the electronic environment as compared to traditional methods of information exchange.

“Like” Buttons Create a Digital Trail of Activity on the Web

Clearinghouse IWG — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:31:33 +0000

Interesting post on SLAW notes that the “Like,” “Tweet” and other social buttons on some webpages automatically forwards information about your visit to the page (even if you don’t use the button). Organizations such as Lexum are offering alternative pages without these buttons, but concerned users may wish to use the “private browsing” setting or one of the browser plug-ins mentioned in the article and comments.

Securing Your Apple Devices

Clearinghouse IWG — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:56:02 +0000

Good information on Slaw about protecting your data on an iPad2. Security experts have noted that the flash memory of the iPad and iPad2 will retain images of documents and web pages viewed on the device even after the document or browser history is deleted. The only method to ensure this information cannot be accessed if your device is lost or stolen is to use the iPad2 password lock feature, which will encrypt all data (including screen images). The original iPad cannot be encrypted.

http://www.slaw.ca/2011/11/15/securing-your-apple-devices/

Virtualization, Cloud Computing (Outsourcing), etc

Clearinghouse IWG — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:32:47 +0000

SLAW post on Virtualization and Cloud Computing: Benefits and E-Discovery Implications is a mini primer on these new technologies and highlights considerations for this environment.

“Some questions that you can consider are:

What types of data will you store in the cloud?

Will you be encrypting the data?

What will the cloud provider give you in regards to data protection, access, retention, security and logging?

Where will the data be stored and can you specify the geographic location?

Who can access the data?

How will the data be returned and in what format? How long will it take and is there any charge?

How does the provider deal with metadata and is it preserved?”

Advice for Keeping Judges (and the rest of us) Safe Online

CCCT-CCTJ — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:26:52 +0000

An interview with a US Marshall discussing the risks associated with social media and specifically geo-tagging data embedded in photos posted to social sites.

Conference Notice-Cyber-Surveillance

Clearinghouse IWG — Fri, 13 May 2011 12:29:57 +0000

Cyber-Surveillance in Everyday Life An International Workshop, 12-15 May 2011. From the press release: ”Panelists will address the practical outcomes of theses issues, including pending policy matters such as lawful access legislation, the proposed Canada-US security perimeter and the security legacy of mega-events like the G20. They will address the tension between the clamour for security and the sanctity of civil liberties, questioning the benefits of trading one for the other.” This ties in with online tracking and other privacy concerns relevant to us all.

Online Tracking

Clearinghouse IWG — Thu, 12 May 2011 18:29:31 +0000

Content monitoring is one of the areas of concern that was raised in the Canadian Judicial Council report Blueprint for the Security of Judicial Information (3rd ed, 2009). Usage tracking is a form of content monitoring, and it is a standard feature of IT resources and a practice of vendors of IT products. The concernof this practice is being raised in the legal field, see Kinefelter’s paper ”When to researach is to reveal: the growing threat to Attorney and client confirentiality from online” for more on the issue.