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10 May 2013, 5:03 pm
California Attorney General Kamala Harris failed in her first attempt to sue a company for failing to post a privacy policy on a mobile app.
Harris alleged that Delta Airlines violated the California Online Privacy Protection Act (“CalOPPA”) by failing to include a privacy policy on its mobile app. The lawsuit, in the California Superior Court in San Francisco, was the first enforcement action under CalOPPA since it came into force in 2004.
On Thursday, the district court granted… [read post]
10 May 2013, 2:25 pm
An article posted by my colleagues Judy Selby and Zack Rosenberg in the BakerHostetler Class Action Lawsuit Defense Blog raises some important issues for any company that could find itself the target of a class action lawsuit. With the proliferation of data privacy and other consumer class actions, that’s just about any company these days. The article, titled Courts Are Liberally Construing Litigation Insurance Coverage for Class Action Defenses and So Should Defendants, addresses… [read post]
10 May 2013, 12:57 pm
A federal judge in Arizona ruled this week that investigators had a valid warrant and acted appropriately when they used a cellphone-tracking device known as a “stingray” to find a mobile broadband card in a suspect’s apartment. [read post]
10 May 2013, 12:43 pm
Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright II, from the Central District of California, delivered a shot heard round the legal world, when he issued an 11-page opinion & order condemning the four attorneys who are principally responsible for nearly all of the porno-trolling copyright infringement lawsuits in this country. If you ever wondered what was so controversial or reprehensible about this type of litigation, Judge Wright does a pretty good job of summing it all up in the very… [read post]
10 May 2013, 11:52 am
This post was written by Steven Boranian, Joshua B. Marker, Lisa B. Kim, and Tyler M. Layton.
In a significant victory, Delta Airlines’ demurrer to the enforcement action filed by the state of California was sustained without leave to amend. We previously wrote about the case here. California alleged that Delta’s mobile application was in violation of CalOPPA because its privacy policy was not reasonably available within the application itself, and because the privacy policy on the… [read post]
10 May 2013, 10:39 am
Written by Susan Foster, Solicitor England & Wales/Admitted in California
(LONDON) We recently wrote that a crucial committee vote on the new EU Data Protection Regulation had been pushed back until May 29-30. The vote has been delayed again until an unspecified future date, although Jan Phillip Albrecht, the MEP who is one of the leading advocates for the Regulation, still thinks that a committee vote will be possible before the European Parliament’s July recess. This… [read post]
10 May 2013, 5:30 am
A state court has dismissed the California Attorney General’s claims that Delta Air Lines Inc. (“Delta”) violated the California Online Privacy Protection Act by failing to have an appropriately posted privacy policy for its mobile application, Bloomberg reports. The California AG sued Delta in December as part of an enforcement campaign that began with the issuance of warning letters to approximately 100 operators of mobile apps, including Delta. According to the Bloomberg report,… [read post]
10 May 2013, 5:09 am
Rhapsody adds liner notes, but how detailed is the information it holds? — As Helienne Lindvall points out, this is a welcome announcement, as the scores of individuals who lend their talents to the production of recorded music deserve recognition. The problem? Rhapsody will likely need to add this information itself, as it is not readily available.
New ways to support great content on YouTube — The long-awaited announcement from YouTube about paid subscription channels.… [read post]
10 May 2013, 3:30 am
Civil rights advocates are worrying that immigration reform the Senate began debating yesterday is the first step toward a national identification system that would grow into a dossier on Americans and chronicle our most every move. That's because buried in ...
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9 May 2013, 8:35 pm
The Associated Press is reporting that 160,000 social security numbers were exposed when the Washington State Administrative Office of Courts was hacked in late 2012 or early 2013. “The breach happened due to vulnerability in an Adobe Systems Inc. software … Continue reading → [read post]
9 May 2013, 4:35 pm
On The "Right to Be Forgotten": Challenges and Suggested Changes to the Data Protection Regulation "Since January 2012, the European... [read post]
9 May 2013, 11:32 am
Industry Must Comply by July 1, 2013, Can Look to Expanded FAQs for Guidance on Updated Rules for Information Collection and Disclosure, Parental Notice, and Requirements for Mobile Apps
By: Ronald G. London
The FTC has voted to retain the July 1, 2013 effective date for the revisions to its Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA Rule), shortly after issuing revised “Frequently Asked Questions” (FAQs) to aid compliance efforts. The FAQs are a key interpretive… [read post]
9 May 2013, 10:28 am
On Monday, May 5, 2013, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie issued a conditional veto of Assembly Bill No. 2878, the controversial piece of proposed legislation that sought to bar most employers from requiring current or prospective employees to provide user names or passwords to social networking accounts and from inquiring as to whether current or prospective employees even had social networking accounts.
In his veto message, Governor Christie recognized the importance of protecting the… [read post]
9 May 2013, 10:06 am
On May 7, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it issued letters to ten data broker companies warning that their practices could violate prohibitions against selling consumer information under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”). The FTC identified the ten data broker companies after a test-shopping operation that indicated these companies were willing to sell consumer information without adhering to FCRA requirements.
The FTC noted that data broker companies that… [read post]
9 May 2013, 9:52 am
[Post by Venkat Balasubramani]
Ajemian v. Yahoo!, 12-P-178 (Mass. Ct. App. May 7, 2013)
This is a very interesting dispute that raises the question of ownership over digital assets after a person’s death.
Plaintiffs, John Ajemian's (the decedent's) executors and siblings, sued to declare his estate owner of email messages he sent and received via his Yahoo! account. Prior to filing suit, they tried to negotiate with Yahoo! to get access to the account, among other things, to notify friends… [read post]
9 May 2013, 5:43 am
The Texas House rolled through scores of bills yesterday, increasing the possibility that Rep. Bryan Hughes' HB 1608 could get a House floor vote. The legislation was theoretically placed as the second item on Thursday's calendar, i.e., today, which is the last day for the House to vote out House bills. But capitol wags have been calling that the "consolation calendar" because it seemed so likely the House would ever get through all the bills scheduled ahead of it. But as of this morning there are… [read post]
9 May 2013, 5:00 am
Startup Schwag Bag #2 by homard.net from Flickr
Are you on Reddit? I love Reddit. It’s a great way to connect with the various online communities that matter to you.
Reddit recently announced that its new privacy policy is going into effect on May 15th. You can read the text of the policy here. Seriously, go read it.
What I love about this policy is how simply it is written. It’s straightforward, well organized, and written in English – not legalese. It’s a policy that Joe… [read post]
9 May 2013, 3:31 am
Group health plans and liability, no-fault and worker’s compensation insurers should confirm they are properly coordinating benefits with Medicare Advantage organizations (MAOs) to avoid a private cause of action for double damages to recover amounts under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act (MSP Act) in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s denial of certiorari on an appeal of the Third Circuit’s decision in In Re Avandia Marketing Sales Practices GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Human Medical… [read post]
9 May 2013, 2:44 am
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9 May 2013, 12:20 am
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