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November 07, 2013 - FTC, Privacy, Employment Law
Collaborative Consumption – Is It Good to Share?
By: Alistair Maughan
Peer-to-peer (“P2P”) business models based on the Internet and technology platforms have become increasingly innovative. As such models have proliferated, they frequently result in clashes with regulators or established market competitors using existing laws as a defensive tactic. The legal battles that result illustrate
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October 30, 2013 - Privacy
A Warning for Websites Allowing Data Collection for Online Behavioral Advertising
The Better Business Bureau’s Online Interest-Based Advertising Accountability Program (“the Accountability Program”) issued its first ever compliance warning on October 14, a move that is intended to clarify the obligations of websites where data are gathered for Online Behavioral Advertising (“OBA”) purposes. The result
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September 08, 2013 - Privacy, Wearable Computers
Peering Into the Future: Google Glass and the Law
Sign offered by Stop the Cyborgs to indicate a ‘no-Glass’ zone. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. What Is Google Glass? As most Socially Aware readers know, Google Glass (“Glass”) is a form of wearable technology that gives
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September 04, 2013 - Privacy
“Do Not Track” Comes to CalOPPA
By: Julie O'Neill
California’s AB 370, if signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, would be the first piece of legislation in the world directly addressing “do not track” (DNT) to become law. It has passed both houses of the California Legislature and would likely take effect in January.
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August 20, 2013 - Privacy
New Guidance From UK Privacy Regulator on Social Networking and Online Forums
Businesses are increasingly using social networks and online forums for marketing, recruiting, customer service, branding and PR purposes. The UK privacy regulator, the Information Commissioner (ICO), has recently published new guidance on the use of social networking and online forums. This replaces its 2007
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July 24, 2013 - Privacy
Is Your Account Tweeting Without You Knowing It? Twitter Upgrades to Two-Factor Authentication
On April 15, 2013, the Associated Press’s Twitter account reported that President Obama had been injured in an explosion at the White House. Within seconds of the announcement, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted more than 150 points. Fortunately, the President’s Press Secretary quickly
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July 01, 2013 - Privacy
Youthful Indiscretions: California Bills Poised to Regulate Use of Minors’ Data on Social Networks
Two bills designed to facilitate the removal of minors’ personal information from social networking sites are currently under consideration in the California State Assembly, after being approved in the upper house of the state’s legislature, the Senate, in early 2013. The first of the
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June 10, 2013 - FTC, Privacy
Mobile Apps Bill Introduced in the House of Representatives
By: Rick Fischer
Article courtesy of Morrison & Foerster’s Mobile Payments Practice Lawmakers in Washington, D.C., continue to show interest in understanding and developing regulatory proposals relating to mobile apps. The interest appears to be driven, at least in part, by policymakers’ concerns about consumer privacy when
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April 16, 2013 - FTC, Privacy
European Privacy Regulator Issues Important Opinion on the Use of Apps
By: Alex van der Wolk
On February 27, 2013, the European Article 29 Working Party (a group comprising representatives from all of the data protection authorities of the EU Member States, referred to in this articles as “WP29”) issued an Opinion on the privacy and data protection implications of
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March 20, 2013 - Privacy, Litigation
More Trouble With Work-Related Social Media Accounts
We have written before about cases involving disputes between employers and employees over work-related social media accounts, but a new case out of Arizona federal court raises issues that appear to be unlike those we have addressed previously. In Castle Megastore Group, Inc. v.
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Topic Archives: Privacy

Collaborative Consumption – Is It Good to Share?

By: Alistair Maughan

A Warning for Websites Allowing Data Collection for Online Behavioral Advertising

Peering Into the Future: Google Glass and the Law

“Do Not Track” Comes to CalOPPA

By: Julie O'Neill

New Guidance From UK Privacy Regulator on Social Networking and Online Forums

Is Your Account Tweeting Without You Knowing It? Twitter Upgrades to Two-Factor Authentication

Youthful Indiscretions: California Bills Poised to Regulate Use of Minors’ Data on Social Networks

Mobile Apps Bill Introduced in the House of Representatives

By: Rick Fischer

European Privacy Regulator Issues Important Opinion on the Use of Apps

By: Alex van der Wolk

More Trouble With Work-Related Social Media Accounts