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TechLaw10 is a 10-minute audio podcast update from U.S. lawyer Eric Sinrod (Duane Morris) and UK lawyer Jonathan Armstrong (Cordery) where they share insights on developments where technology intersects with the law in the EU and the U.S.

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    • Nov 15, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 12m AVG DURATION
    • 159 EPISODES


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    Episode 259: Risks of Collaboration and Deep Pocket Litigation in AI and Cutting-Edge Tech

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2019 9:17


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss whether large companies should trust small startups with employee or customer data, especially if the startups have no assets to lose in litigation if something goes wrong. Thanks to listener Jean-Pierre Mistral, Director, Global Data Privacy at Gemalto, for his contribution to the podcast this week.

    Episode 258: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid of Deepfakes!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2019 9:40


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss deepfakes, videos using artificial intelligence to create films with images that look like real people, for instance celebrities or politicians, doing things they've never done.

    Episode 257: Will Data Breach Litigation Soar After Latest Class Actions?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2019 11:59


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss class action lawsuits related to data breaches, including some lawsuits in the UK against large companies including Google and British Airways.

    Episode 256: Prosecutors Seek To Crack Down On Romance Scams

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2019 11:50


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss romance scams, which are causing millions of dollars of damages to its victims.

    Episode 255: The Role of Third-Parties in Data Breaches

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2019 13:12


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss data breaches for which third parties are reponsible, and how to ensure third parties are both compliant and held to account for any breaches for which they are at fault.

    Episode 254: CDA Section 230 ISP Immunity Coming Under Attack

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2019 13:46


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss the Communications Decency Act, Section 230, which gives internet companies immunity from legal implications of content posted by users.

    Episode 253: Top EU Court Decides There's Lots Not To Like in Likes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2019 14:15


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss compliance issues when corporations encourage interaction on social media.

    Episode 252: Artificial Intelligence and Efforts To Seek Global Domination

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2019 9:23


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss artificial intelligence. Chinese investment in artificial intelligence startups is decreasing--why is that? And will the European parliament take up new legislation related to AI?

    Episode 251: Sirens Sound for Police in GDPR Enforcement Action

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2019 10:50


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss government entities, including the Metropolitan Police in London, and the fallout when they do not handle requests about privacy concerns in a timely manner.

    Episode 250: Another State Law Seeks To Protect Consumer Data

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2019 10:56


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss Maine's new law that protects online privacy and consumer data

    Episode 249: What To Do About Social Media When It Becomes Anti-Social?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2019 13:59


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss recent cases of people posting controversial content on social media, in some cases to get clicks and more money. Where does the law come down on this question? Are more regulations needed?

    Episode 248: Artificial Intelligence - Is the U.S. Government For or Against?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2019 12:31


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss artificial intelligence as used in government with regard to ensuring citizens' rights and privacy are protected.

    Episode 247: Voice Data Collected Unlawfully Must Be Destroyed

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2019 7:48


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss a GDPR case against Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in the UK. The ICO (Information Commissioner's Office) found that HMRC didn't observe transparency rules with regard to a system of voice recognition over the phone..

    Episode 246: Lessons Learned From Pregnancy Club's Poor Data Handling

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2019 12:06


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss data handling and security, especially related to a "pregnancy club" in the UK that was recently fined for sharing user data indiscriminately.

    Episode 245: Involuntary Technological Encroachment

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2019 9:49


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss Involuntary Technological Encroachment, or ITE, when use of tech disturbs someone else's peace and quiet.

    Episode 244: Conflicts Created By Artificial Intelligence

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2019 13:11


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss coming conflicts with regard to artificial intelligence, and how secure the data can be kept.

    Episode 243: Should Consumers Share In Wealth Derived By Tech Companies From Personal Online Data?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2019 15:10


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss California Governor Gavin Newsom's recent proposal for a "data dividend" that would share the wealth of tech companies with their users.

    Episode 242: Security Measures For Top Tech Executives

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2019 12:01


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss the security measures (or lack thereof) taken by top tech executives, including the recent hack of personal photos on Jeff Bezos' phone and Facebook's announced expenses for protecting Mark Zuckerberg and his family.

    Episode 241: Internet Censorship On The Rise?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2019 11:15


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss the intricacies of internet censorship, and how standards deviate between countries and cultures.

    Episode 240: GDPR Fine for Google Just the Beginning

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2019 13:29


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss the 44 million-pound GDPR fine against Google, and how it may affect future cases.

    Episode 239: TechLaw Predictions for 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2019 14:51


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric give their predictions for tech law in 2019, including GDPR, AI, drone, hacking, and tech and election fraud.

    Episode 238: History Repeats Itself Regarding Government Emails Sent Through Private Accounts

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2018 12:46


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss the discovery that Ivanka Trump used a personal email account for governmental business, a return to the controversy over Hillary Clinton's email server, as well as general corporate security issues with cloud computing.

    Episode 237: Brexit Data Transfer Implications and Practical Steps

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2018 12:26


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss the complications for data privacy and data transfer that have cropped up in the wake of Brexit.

    Episode 236: Doctored Videos Wreak Havoc

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2018 15:08


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss the danger of doctored videos, using the example of the doctored video of CNN's Jim Acosta at a White House press briefing that purported to show him striking a White House employee.

    Episode 235: Potential Internet Intermediary Liability - The Dirty

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2018 16:43


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss thedirty.com, a celebrity gossip site, and intermediary liability.

    Episode 234: Government Efforts To Stop Foreign Internet Adversaries, and Supreme Court Musings

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2018 11:55


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss the latest developments in foreign government hacking and interference in governmental affairs and elections, and mention the current Supreme Court confirmation hearings.

    Episode 233: Lessons Learned From Equifax Data Breach Fines

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2018 15:58


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss the fallout from the Equifax data breach in the UK, involving both the parent company and the UK affiliate, with reference to the GDPR.

    Episode 232: Government Control of the Internet - Preventing Terrorism or Blocking Valid Free Speech Rights?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2018 13:32


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss governmental control of the internet to increase security, which can cross the line into censorship.

    Episode 231: Threats to EU Privacy Shield and Potential Uncertainty

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2018 13:00


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss uncertainty about international issues around Privacy Shield that threatens its existence.

    Episode 230: The Implications of the Passage of California's Strict Online Privacy Law

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2018 12:36


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss new personal data protection laws in California and Europe and how they will affect online activties.

    Episode 229: Technology In Sports - What Is Fair Game?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2018 16:19


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss how mobile communication has revolutionized bicycle racing (including the Tour de France) and other sports.

    Episode 228: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid of Foreign Cyber Threats

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2018 11:57


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss election hacking and other foreign cyber threats.

    Episode 227: Dr. Who Leak and Poldark Effect Illustrate Traditional Broadcasting's Content Protection Challenges

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2018 10:39


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss a recent leak of the new series of Dr. Who on the BBC, and how television viewers are employing not always legal technology to watch television shows with geographic restrictions.

    Episode 226: Uber Gets Into Practically All Forms of Transportation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2018 11:46


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric talk about Uber, which now provides all kinds of transportation, not just ridesharing, and other tech companies that are making inroads into transportation.

    Episode 225: Offside? Spanish Football App Uses Fans' Phones to Listen for Unlicensed Broadcasts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2018 10:51


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss an app provided by the Spanish football league, La Liga, that can reveal the location of unauthorized broadcasts of the league's games.

    Episode 224: Email Is Not Dead - Long Live Email!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2018 15:44


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, GDPR is here, and Jonathan and Eric discuss some last-minute details.

    Episode 223: Email Is Not Dead - Long Live Email!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2018 12:33


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss new Gmail features and whether email is still relevant in 2018.

    Episode 222: Can Collecting Too Much Data Cause Problems?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2018 12:45


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss whether storing too much information can complicate compliance with the GDPR.

    Episode 221: Face-Swapping Videos Wreaking Havoc

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2018 14:02


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss the negative issues surrounding FaceApp and it's face-swapping technology.

    Episode 220: Could Tech Industry Be On Track for Consolidation? Look at Parallels with Railroads

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2018 14:10


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric compare online tech to the rise of railroads with regards to monopolies and antitrust law.

    Episode 219: Censorship of Artistic Nudity on Social Media - What's Next?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2018 12:44


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss censorship on social media and online, with specific reference to Facebook censoring images of an ancient fertility statue, the Venus of Willendorf.

    Episode 218: Artificial Intelligence Risks

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2018 12:00


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss concerns surrounding the adoption of artificial intelligence.

    Episode 217: Beware of Surveillance Cameras (CCTV) In the Workplace

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2018 13:17


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss workplace privacy, and balancing a worker's privacy with the employer's needs.

    Episode 216: Privacy Lost - Past, Present and Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2018 11:23


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric address the discussion around privacy, which has been going on for over a century but has new implications with modern technology.

    Episode 215: TechLaw Predictions for 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2018 14:15


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric give their tech law predictions for 2018.

    Episode 214: When Companies Become Liable for Security Violations By Employees

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2017 13:04


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss the ramifications of an employee stealing employee information from a company database for the Morrisons store chain in the UK.

    Episode 213: Artificial Intelligence Reveals Art Forgeries

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2017 8:56


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss the fine art world's use of artificial intelligence (AI) to determine forgeries.

    Episode 212: How Can Employers Deal with the Social Media Generation?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2017 13:22


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss how social media posts made by teenagers can affect their future.

    Episode 211: Is ISP Immunity for Third-Party Content Under Threat?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2017 15:42


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss the latest legal happenings around third-party content and who is responsible for it.

    Episode 210: Disruptive Technology Start-Ups and the Need for Legal Compliance

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2017 9:21


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss how startup technology companies need to pay close attention to compliance to existing laws.

    Episode 209: The Latest Twist on Government Emails Transmitted on Private Email Servers

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2017 9:37


    TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss the use of private email servers by Hillary Clinton, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, as well as Boris Johnson using WhatsApp, and the implications of government officials using private email servers and other encrypted services.

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