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Web Host Acquitted of Charges Related to Hosting Torrent Site

A web host in Sweden has been acquitted on all charges relating to the hosting and takedown of a torrent site. After three and a half years in court, the case against the owners of torrent site “TTi,” otherwise known as “The Internationals,” and web host PatrikWeb has ended with convictions for the website operator but not for the hosting company owner. Continue reading

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Pirate Bay Co-Founder to Appeal Domain Seizures: Report

The Pirate Bay’s co-founder Fredrik Neij announced on Monday that he will appeal a decision made in a Swedish court earlier this month that resulted in the seizure of two of the site’s main domains. Continue reading

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The WHIR: Cloud Talks, Episode 9 with Ben Young

The WHIR: Cloud Talks, Episode 9 with Ben Young Episode 9 explores the state of data security and privacy and how it affects service providers. Cheryl Kemp, content director of the WHIR, talks to Ben Young, General Counsel for Peer 1 Hosting. Continue reading

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What Bill C-51 Means for Canadian Web Hosting Providers

Like other anti-terrorism legislation elsewhere in the world, Canada’s Bill C-51 has implications on ISPs and telecommunications providers. Continue reading

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Ponemon Report Shows Abysmal State of Data Security in the Healthcare Industry

Several alarming results were found in the 2015 Benchmark Study on Privacy & Security of Healthcare Data published by Ponemon on Thursday. Over 90 percent of healthcare organizations had a data breach and 40 percent had over five incidents in the last two years. Based on the results, theā€¦ Continue reading

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