Cybersquatting occurs when a person other than the owner of a well-known trademark registers that trademark as an Internet domain name and then attempts to profit from it either by ransoming the domain name back to the trademark owner or by...
technology
dark web
The dark web (also referred to as the underground web) is an encrypted sector of the internet that is not indexed by traditional search engines. It is only accessible with specific browsers such as TOR and special network configurations. The...
data
Data (a plural noun) are representations of factual information without context, usually stripped down for the sake of processing. Once context is applied to data, data then become more commonly known as information. Once information becomes...
data broker
According to Vermont Statute, 9 V.S.A. § 2430 (4)(a) a data broker is a “business, or unit or units of a business, separately or together, that knowingly collects and sells or licenses to third parties the brokered personal information of a...
deemed export license
Under United States export control law (15 CFR), a "deemed export" refers to technology or related computer language (source code) that is exported. While an export is usually something that leaves the country, if regulated information or...
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), is a federal statute that addresses a number of copyright issues created by the use of new technology and the Internet including digital rights management (methods for stopping infringement), and...
digital signature
A digital signature is an electronic equivalent of a person’s physical signature. It is like an electronic fingerprint that is unique to each signer. As explained by the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, a digital signature...
domain name
A domain name is the unique address that internet users enter into a web browser to access a website. It corresponds to a set of numbers called an IP (internet protocol) address, but is useful as domain names are easier to type and remember...
electronic signature
Under 15 U.S.C. § 7006(5), the term “electronic signature” refers to an “electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a contract or other record and executed and adopted by a person with the intent to sign...
electronic surveillance
Overview
Electronic surveillance is the acquisition of information by an electronic, mechanical, or other surveillance device of the contents of any wire or electronic communication, under circumstances in which a party to the communication...