In the wake of major data breaches in late 2013 and early 2014, the Florida Legislature unanimously adopted new, more stringent data breach notification requirements. Effective July 1, 2014, The Florida Information Protection Act of 2014 requires notification to affected […]
Internet scams are as old as the Internet, and they’re not going away anytime soon. Scammers try to exploit innocent victims at all costs. No one is immune–even law firms are targeted by scammers. We recently received an email claiming […]
In a previous post, we provided an overview of Bitcoin, an open-source, user-controlled payment network that makes it possible for businesses and individuals to send and receive digital currency without bank involvement. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to facilitate these transactions, […]
Created in 2009, Bitcoin is an open-source payment network that uses peer-to-peer technology to enable secure, monetary transactions without the involvement of a bank. In other words, you don’t need a credit or debit card or bank account information. Payments […]
Outsourcing has become a necessity for many businesses to remain competitive. Nearly every industry offers some form of outsourcing, and those industries have no shortage of service providers. Whitehouse & Cooper is intimately familiar with IT outsourcing and can assist […]
Maintaining an Internet presence is a requirement for nearly every business these days. But doing so presents new legal challenges that even the most tenured business owners have yet to face. Consumers have privacy concerns to which businesses must be sensitive. Whitehouse […]
Social media has become an integral part of business marketing and advertising. It can also present challenges for businesses, whether it’s through false or misleading statements posted about the business, employees mishandling business information, or having intellectual property distributed without […]
Cloud computing is a new buzzword for technology that has existed since the advent of the Internet. What has changed, however, is the rate at which companies are using these services. Find out if your cloud-computing provider can comply with your data […]
Every business—regardless of size—should have a data retention policy. The contents of that policy, however, are different for each company. Allow a Whitehouse & Cooper attorney to understand your business’ data retention needs and construct a policy specifically for you. […]
