The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has long expressed a concern about the potential misuse of location data. For example, in a 2022 blog post, “Location, health, and other sensitive information: FTC committed to fully...more
On November 4, 2022, a California district court took up the parties cross-motions for summary judgment in the long-running scraping litigation involving social media site LinkedIn Corp.’s (“LinkedIn”) challenge to data...more
As reported last week, it appears that a state-sponsored security hack has resulted in a major security compromise in widely-used software offered by a company called SolarWinds. The compromised software, known as Orion, is...more
12/22/2020
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Hackers ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Popular ,
Risk Mitigation ,
SolarWinds ,
Supply Chain
As reported last week, a state-sponsored hacker may have breached multiple U.S. government networks through a widely-used software product offered by SolarWinds. The compromised product, known as Orion, helps organizations...more
12/22/2020
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Dual Purpose ,
Due Diligence ,
Hackers ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Popular ,
Risk Assessment ,
SolarWinds
t is that time of year when we look back to see what tech-law issues took up most of our time this year and look ahead to see what the emerging issues are for 2020.
Data: The Issues of the Year -
Data presented a wide...more
12/24/2019
/ 5G Network ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Big Data ,
Blockchain ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
CFIUS ,
Communications Decency Act ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Security ,
Deep Fake ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Machine Learning ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Social Media ,
Technology Sector
Last month, a California district court granted a web-based service’s motion to compel arbitration of a putative class action brought by a user whose personal information was allegedly accessed in a massive 2016 data breach...more
There has been a lot of attention in the media lately with respect to the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica issue and its fall-out (including today’s coverage of the announcement that Facebook suspended almost 200 apps pending a...more
5/17/2018
/ Apple ,
Cambridge Analytica ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Facebook ,
Mobile Apps ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Concerns