On May 9, 2013, Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson introduced the Application Privacy, Protection and Security Act of 2013 (the "Apps Act"), a bill "[t]o provide for greater transparency in and user control over the treatment...more
5/15/2013 - App Developers APPS Act Data Protection FTC Mobile Apps Mobile Privacy
On February 1, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") announced an agreement with social network mobile application ("app") operator Path, Inc. ("Path") to settle the FTC's claims that Path collected personal information...more
3/6/2013 - COPPA Data Protection FTC Mobile Apps Path Inc. Personally Identifiable Information Settlement Social Media
On February 12, 2013, President Obama signed an executive order for "Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity" (the "Executive Order"). The Executive Order seeks to promote information sharing between the government...more
2/18/2013 - Barack Obama CISPA Critical Infrastructure Sectors Cybersecurity Executive Orders Information Sharing Infrastructure NIST Presidential Directives Voluntary Standards
On January 25, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") published the Final Rule to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA")'s Data Security and Privacy Rules. The Final Rule...more
2/11/2013 - Business Associates Compliance Covered Entities Data Protection HHS HIPAA HIPAA Omnibus Rule HITECH Marketing PHI Privacy Rule Subcontractors Vendors
On January 2, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") settled its first case involving the unauthorized disclosure of the electronic protected health information ("ePHI") of fewer than 500 individuals....more
1/21/2013 - Data Breach Data Protection HHS HIPAA HONI Mobile Devices OCR PHI Settlement
Protecting and enforcing trade secrets in the United States has historically been challenging. Recent amendments to the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (the "EEA"), which criminalizes theft of trade secrets, broaden the scope...more
1/21/2013 - Attorney Generals Economic Espionage Act Misappropriation Theft Trade Secrets
On December 19, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") adopted the first amendments to the Rule promulgated under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (hereinafter, "COPPA" for the Act, and "COPPA Rule" for the...more
1/9/2013 - COPPA Data Collection Enforcement FTC Mobile Apps Notice Requirements Online Privacy Protection Act Parental Consent Personally Identifiable Information Third-Party
Long-known as an ardent protector of individual privacy rights, California brought its first legal enforcement action under state privacy laws on December 6, 2012, when state Attorney General Kamala D. Harris filed suit...more
12/12/2012 - Delta Airlines Mobile Apps Online Privacy Protection Act Personally Identifiable Information Privacy Policy
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