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[Countdown to GDPR with the Future of Privacy Forum’s Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna The new EU General Data Protection Regulation Goes into effect on May 25, 2018 Changes – What is Personal Data Changes – Scope (not limited to EU) Changes – Consent New Consumer Rights – e.g. “the right to be forgotten”, and a right of “data. Before moving to the US, Gabriela worked for the European Data Protection Supervisor in Brussels, dealing both with enforcement (compliance) and policy matters. At the EDPS she worked in Cooperation and International Relations, dealing among other issues with international data transfers, participating to the work of the Article 29 Working Party. Gabriela received the Junior Scholar Award in 2014 at the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) Conference in Brussels for her work on the right to be forgotten. She is the first Romanian author to publish a comprehensive volume on the rights of the data subjects (“Protectia datelor personale. Drepturile persoanei vizate”, C.H. Beck, Bucharest,

[Today on Cyberlaw and Business Report We talk to Taina Bien-Aimé on Backpage and CDA 230. There is an urgent need to amend Section 230 because the 1st Circuit, in Doe v. Backpage, recently found that even if Backpage had participated in criminal activity, its conduct was protected from the claims of children who had been sold on its site. Indeed, the court advised the children to seek a legislative remedy because Section 230 was in conflict with the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act. While some tech companies are now publicly calling for Backpage to be prosecuted in federal court, this is in stark contrast to their private actions in support of Backpage. The Center for Democracy and Technology, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and other organizations representing technology companies have vigorously and consistently intervened in Backpage/>

[Todays show Bennet is joined by Mick Minas. He has over two decades experience as a basketball coach and his writing has been published by New Matilda and Prime Number. He graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1998 and currently lives with his wife and two children in Melbourne, Australia. The Curse is his first book. Jim Lynam was the first head coach hired by Donald Sterling, coaching the Clippers from 1983 to 1985. He also coached the Philadelphia 76ers and Washington Bullets as part of a decorated career that spanned five decades. He currently lives in Philadelphia, where he provides pre and postgame analysis for the 76ers on Comcast SportsNet. Mick and Bennet speak heavily about Mick's recent Book The Curse: The Colorful & Chaotic History of the LA Clippers. From Bill Walton’s feet to DeAndre Jordan’s free throws, something always seems to go wrong for the LA Clippers. Beginning with the highly unusual birth of the franchise, the Clippers’ legacy has always carried with it the haunting suspic

[Bennet Kelley discusses Cyber Censorship and Press Freedom with the Advocacy and Communications Director for Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Margaux Ewen. Margaux joined RSF’s US office in July 2015 with a background in International Law. She has degrees from the Sorbonne in France and the George Washington University Law School in the US and speaks fluent French./>

[As thousands of websites plan a massive online protest to save Net Neutrality, including Twitter, Amazon, Reddit, Netflix, OK Cupid, Mozilla, Etsy, Kickstarter, and Vimeo. CLBR discusses this historic Internet-Wide Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality and what it means. Our guest is Joshua Stager (@joshuastager) ‏policy counsel and government affairs lead at the New American Foundation’s Open Technology Institute. Prior to joining New America, Stager was Sen. Al Franken’s law fellow on the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he focused on telecommunications, antitrust, commercial privacy, and surveillance policy. He was previously a legislative aide in the House of Representatives and an assistant editor at Congressional Quarterly./>

[​Today on Cyber Law Business Report Brian Knappenberger joins the show. Brian is an award-winning documentary director, producer, and writer whose credits span film and television. His most recent feature film, The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and is the winner of the Writers Guild Award for Best Screenplay. In March 2016, a Florida jury returned a $140 million verdict in favor of Terry Bollea aka Hulk Hogan against Gawker Media for publishing a tape of him having sex with the wife of his best friend (shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge). As the verdict forced Gawker into bankruptcy, it was discovered that the case had been funded by Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel as a vendetta for past coverage of him and his personal life.​/>

[Supreme Court Strikes Blow Against Patent Trolls In 1990, only 1 patent lawsuit was filed in the Federal court for the Eastern District of Texas. In the first quarter of 2017 it was 311 or 1/3rd of all patent infringement suits.Today on Cyberlaw Bennet is joined by Joel Voelkze. Joel is CLBR’s patent expert in residence and heads Voelkze IP Law in Malibu, California. Prior to establishing his own office, Mr. Voelzke was a partner at Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly which was an international law firm at the time. Mr. Voelzke represents clients ranging in size from startup technology companies to Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Voelzke’s representative clients include: Hewlett-Packard Company; Avery Dennison Corporation; MGA Entertainment, Inc.; Magnecomp Corporation; VIS Racing Sports, Inc.; Pricegrabber.com, Inc.; Menache LLC; Quiklite, Inc.; Electronics for Imaging, Inc.; New Dream Network, LLC; National R.V. Inc.; Country Coach LLC; and TechnoConcepts, Inc./>

[Today on Cyberlaw Radio Bennet is joined by the founder of TrollBusters Michelle Ferrier. TrollBusters was born at the International Women’s Media Foundation hackathon for women news entrepreneurs in New York City on January 30, 2015. The problem — Find a way to address trolls and cyberharassment that predominantly affects strong women voices online. Our solution — Counter hate with love by sending positive, affirming messaging for the target to the point of attack. We provide a hedge of protection around the individual, helping to provide emotional support and reputation management during cyber crises. TrollBusters won a top prize from Google at the International Women’s Media Foundation hackathon in New York in January 2015. The team won $3,000 for development. The Knight Prototype Fund awarded $35,000 in development funds in April 2015 to TrollBusters to develop a prototype for the positive messaging service./>

[ Tynan and Christensen on Uber in Crisis Our frequent guests Dan Tynan and Brenda Christensen are back to talk about Uber in Crisis. Dan (@tynanwrites) is an award-winning tech journalist and former Editor-in-Chief o Yahoo Tech. Brenda (@brendachrist) is a tech veteran and President of Stellar Public Relations, a world leader in public/>

[Today on Cyberlaw Business Report Bennet is joined by Ari Giovenco,the Director of Trade and International policy for the Internet Association. They go through everything digital under this presidential regime, specifically digital trade. Ari Giovenco leads IA’s digital trade work and is primarily focused on promoting trade policies that encourage balanced intellectual property frameworks, intermediary liability protections, cross-border data flows, and restrictions on data localization. In addition, he covers a number of international regulatory matters that impact the digital economy and is active on global internet governance issues. Ari speaks regularly on these topics and is actively engaged with tech policy stakeholders across the spectrum. Donald Trump being in office, just like anyone else, the digital market changes its playing field. They both touch on Trump's statements on not having to follow WTO ruling, and address trade barriers./>

[With the growing influence of social media, many companies are encouraging their employees to maximize their use of social media to connect with potential clients and diversify their marketing efforts. However, the employees’ frequent use of these social media platforms can compromise intellectual property assets, especially trade secrets. Thus, it is essential for companies to establish robust policies and procedures to protect proprietary information and avoid possible legal risks./>

[Talking about Russia and the Weaponized Narrative as Bennet Kelley with Braden R. Allenby Co-chair of the Weaponized Narrative Initiative of the Center for the Future of War, at Arizona State University. They discuss the impact that Russia may have played regarding the 2016 US and 2017 French general elections./>

[David Sandel returns to discuss the State of the Gigabit Nation.David is an accomplished executive architect focused on the planning and the execution of Smart or Gigabit City initiatives. As President of Sandel & Associates. David and his team work with cities, community organizations and technology providers to develop plans to accelerate the development of their Smart or Gigabit City initative. In this regard, David has served as an advisor to the Google Fiber Mayors Bi-state Innovation Team MBIT and Mid-America Regional Council MARC of Kansas City and was also the co-author of Playing to Win – the Kansas City Google Fiber Playbook.David received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering degree from Washington University in St. Louis where he also attended graduate school. He has also served on a variety of state and local government economic development councils as well as regional and entrepreneurial planning boards./>

[Bennet interviews Annie Goldson, the director of Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web, a feature-length documentary about one of the world’s most notorious Internet entrepreneurs (or pirates. depending on your point of view). The film about the Germany-born, New Zealand-based founder of MegaUpload was recently featured at SXSW 2017 and is described as “a film about ownership, privacy and piracy in the digital age.”/>

[Bennet talks to Eva Velasquez, the President/CEO at the Identity Theft Resource Center. Founded in 1999, the Identity Theft Resource Center® (ITRC) is a nationally recognized non-profit organization established to support victims of identity theft in resolving their cases and to broaden public education and awareness in the understanding of identity theft, data breaches, cybersecurity, scams/fraud, and privacy issues. />

[Daytona Beach News Journal Sports Editor Scott Zucker Returns to CLBR. With March Madness in full bloom, the NBA Playoffs and the baseball season about to start, we thought we would check in with Scott Zucker – especially in light of his recent column “Passer rating, not politics, hurting Colin Kaepernick” coming days after President Trump’s statements about the quarterback./>

[Bennet Kelley discusses the Rise of Hate in the USA as he welcomes Heidi Beirich who leads the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project. She discusses the SPLC's findings that the number of hate groups in the United States rose for a second year in a row in 2016 as the radical right was energized by the candidacy of Donald Trump, according to their recently released annual census of hate groups and other extremist organizations./>

[Bennet Kelley welcomes back Free Press’ Matt Wood to talk about the Battle over Net Neutrality. Before joining Free Press, he worked at the public interest law firm Media Access Project and in the communications practice groups of two private law firms in Washington, D.C. Before that, he served as editor-in-chief for the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, worked for PBS, and spent time at several professional and college radio and television stations. />

[Art is the founder of New Media Rights and a law professor at California Western School of Law, specializing in the areas of internet, intellectual property, privacy, and media law. Art has provided and overseen legal services to nearly 2000 small businesses, entrepreneurs, and creators, and is a 3 time appointee to the Federal Communication Commission’s Consumer Advisory Committee. The book is co-written by Teri Karobonik who is a former Staff Attorney at New Media Rights where she worked with all manner of creative individuals on a daily basis on preventative, transactional and pre-litigation matters. In 2015 Teri was appointed as an Internet Law & Policy Foundry Fellow in recognition of her work as an early career leader in the tech law and policy space./>

[Bennet Kelley welcomes back return guest Walter O’Brien (aka “Scorpion”). Walter is the founder of Los Angeles-based ScorpionComputerServices.com and ConciergeUp.com, a global think tank for hire that provides intelligence on demand as a concierge service for ANY funded need. Walter is the Executive Producer of the hit CBS-TV drama Scorpion with over 26 million television viewers that is inspired by his life./>