Tag Archives: legal issues

Russian ISPs Briefly Ordered to Block Wikipedia: Report

ISPs in Russia were briefly ordered on Monday to block Wikipedia. Continue reading

Posted in HostGator, Hosting, VodaHost | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Russian ISPs Briefly Ordered to Block Wikipedia: Report

Carpathia Hosting Asks for Court Permission to Delete Megaupload Files

Carpathia Hosting’s parent company QTS has asked for a federal court’s permission to destroy all data on the servers that once belonged to Megaupload, the now defunct file-sharing service founded by Kim Dotcom. Continue reading

Posted in HostGator, Hosting, VodaHost | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Carpathia Hosting Asks for Court Permission to Delete Megaupload Files

Digital Rights Groups Urge Lawmakers to Oppose CISA as Senate Vote Approaches

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is upping its efforts this week to get Senators to oppose the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA) which has been widely criticized for allowing companies to hand over user data to the government without a warrant and for data sharing between government agencies for reasons other than cybersecurity. Continue reading

Posted in HostGator, Hosting, VodaHost | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on Digital Rights Groups Urge Lawmakers to Oppose CISA as Senate Vote Approaches

Darkode Shut Down, Members Arrested by Law Enforcement Agencies

Lizard Squad may have to write its own code after a huge international crackdown on cybercrime site Darkode and its users by law enforcement agencies. Darkode now displays a takedown notice with the seals of over a dozen different international law enforcement groups, including the FBI and Europol. As the… Continue reading

Posted in HostGator, Hosting, VodaHost | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Darkode Shut Down, Members Arrested by Law Enforcement Agencies

What Chicago’s New ‘Cloud Tax’ May Mean for Service Providers

Chicago recently instituted a “cloud tax” in order to capture some of the missed revenue from the shift away from brick-and-mortar stores and toward a digital, subscription-based economy. Continue reading

Posted in HostGator, Hosting, VodaHost | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on What Chicago’s New ‘Cloud Tax’ May Mean for Service Providers