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Think "liability" if you want to stay out of trouble.

2008-08-04 01:12:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...liability, but not everyone gets it I have seen medical doctors, dentists, business people of all walks of life and lawyers (it is surprising how many lawyers disregard liability)pay little attention to potential lawsuits. The latest category to leave themselves open, have been auctioneers The current foreclosure crisis has meant that many...
 
Tags: liability, lawyers disregard liability, law firm, auctioneers stood, auctioneers, law, lawyers, property, people
 
 
 
 
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New Banking Code shifts more liability to customers

2008-04-09 14:08:49 by Steven J. Murdoch in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...liability for losses If you act fraudulently, you will be responsible for all losses on your account. If you act without reasonable care, and this causes losses, you may be responsible for them. (This may apply, for example, if you do not follow section 12.5 or 12.9 or you do not keep to your accounts terms and conditions Clauses 12.5 and...
 
Tags: code, customers, banks, fraud-detection algorithms, fraud, code claims, electronic fraud, code deals, fraud threat
 
 
 
 
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Do you listen to your users?

2008-04-04 21:18:17 by Editor in Security x.0
 
...liability As part of their investigation, the Committee engaged a multitude of experts ranging from e.g. PayPal CISO Michael Barrett to Prof. Ross Anderson , Bruce Schneier to Robert Littas, Head of Fraud Management in Visa Europe. Both the report and evidence (submitted in writing and during interview sessions) are available from the...
 
Tags: internet, personal internet security, software, content control software, software vendors, users, software liability, club, ilkley computer club
 
 
 
 
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Information Security and Liabilities

2008-07-23 15:09:21 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...liability for security vulnerabilities should fall on the vendor. But the courts are good at partial liability. Any automobile liability suit has many potential responsible parties: the car, the driver, the road, the weather, possibly another driver and another car, and so on. Similarly, a computer failure has several parties who may be...
 
Tags: security, information security, liabilities, liability, software liability, computer vendor, vendor, report, automobile liability suit
 
 
 
 
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Personal Internet Security: follow-up report

2008-07-08 13:05:04 by Richard Clayton in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...liability for software vendors, making the banks statutorily responsible for phishing/skimming fraud, and how such fraud should be reported There was one oral session where, to everyones surprise, two Government ministers turned up and were extremely conciliatory. Baroness Vadera (BERR) said that the report was somewhat more interesting than...
 
Tags: report, committees report, initial report, short report, internet, committees follow-up report, personal internet security, technology committee, banks
 
 
 
 
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Software Liabilities and Free Software

2008-07-28 14:42:33 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...liability is part of a contract, and with free software -- or free anything -- there's no contract. Free software wouldn't fall under a liability regime because the writer and the user have no business relationship; they are not seller and buyer. I would hope the courts would realize this without any prompting, but we could always pass a Good...
 
Tags: free software, free, free software packages, distribute free software, software liabilities, liabilities, assume liabilities, free linux, people
 
 
 
 
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Why you nearly need a P.I. to help you hire a private investigator

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2008-03-01 20:28:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...liability insurance of $5 million. We do this to better protect our clients. If a person ever sues, they are probably going to go for millions, not thousands If the security company you hire only carries the minimum $100,000 and a customer is suing for $1 million, who do you think they are going to go after? You of course. On the other hand,...
 
Tags: local, professional associations local, local security company, company, illegal company, choose company, exspensive company, guards company, security company
 
 
 
 
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Some Comments on PayPal's Security Vulnerability Disclosure Policy

2007-11-27 18:07:00 by Security Retentive in Security Retentive
 
...liability Make clear our expectations in these areas, since this is a new and evolving area of security vulnerability disclosure with more than a little legal uncertainty Through our policy - set a standard we hope others can follow. We carefully constructed the language in the policy with our privacy lawyers to ensure that we were not...
 
Tags: disclosure, encourage responsible disclosure, responsible disclosure, security, security vulnerability disclosure, policy, security vulnerability, disclosure policies, disclosure statement
 
 
 
 
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What is Safe Enough?

2007-08-03 11:28:00 by Security Retentive in Security Retentive
 
...liability to liability in the pharmaceutical industry Wired had a great article today about drug safety titled " FDA Drug Standards: What's Safe Enough? " I think a few of their points are pretty relevant to the discussion Does the FDA advisory panel's decision mean Avandia is safe It's safe enough, according to 22 of the 23 scientists on...
 
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