A major focus of consumer electronics now is the Internet of Things, but what consumers don't know about data policies around the latest technology trend could hurt them.

Federal regulators served notice last week: They're watching how businesses use - and possibly abuse - consumers' personal information. And that's great. It's about time more official attention was paid to ways that companies invade our privacy. But federal authorities can do more, much more, to level the playing field.

QuestaWeb Inc., a provider of Web-based software applications for global trade management, has opened two satellite offices, in St. Louis, Mo. and Mobile, Ala.

Want to get a sense of how new federal regulations will affect transportation tomorrow? Look at California today.

The British International Freight Association (BIFA), the trade association for UK freight forwarders, says that 2016 will see its members continuing to face numerous challenges, with some the result of legislative changes and government policy, rather than economic issues.

Organizations are faced with many critical challenges - including rapidly changing technology, environmental risks, regulatory and legal requirements, major shifts in markets, ethical breaches, and big data and cybersecurity issues - that threaten their long-term success and sustainability.

By the time you read this, the largest containership ever to call a U.S. port will have visited the ports of Los Angeles and Oakland. It won't be the last. But will regulation and environmental pressures prevent carriers from developing the infrastructure needed to handle these seagoing behemoths?

Exostar has released Partner Information Manager (PIM), a modular application that measures risk across a business’s extended supply chain.