Communications & Media Law, Privacy

Colorado and Washington Join Growing List of States Prohibiting Employer Access to Employee Social Media Accounts

by Kevin Khurana | Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 5/24/2013

Colorado on May 12, 2013 and Washington on May 21, 2013 joined the likes of California, Maryland, Utah and New Mexico by prohibiting employers from requesting that prospective and current employees disclose their username and...more

Twitter v. Manhattan DA Fight Unfortunately Ends with a Whimper

by Fernando Bohorquez, Jr. | BakerHostetler on 5/24/2013

Last Friday, Twitter’s battle with the Manhattan District Attorney over a subpoena for an Occupy Wall Street protester’s tweets came to an anti-climactic end as the New York appeals court dismissed Twitter’s appeal of a...more

New Washington Law Protects Employees’ Social Media Accounts

by Lane Powell PC - Labor & Employment Law on 5/24/2013

On May 21, Governor Jay Inslee signed a new Washington state law that makes it unlawful for employers to require an employee or applicant to disclose social networking website usernames or passwords, or to force an employee...more

App Developer Settles FCRA Charges Over Provision of Criminal Background Reports

by Richard Raysman | Holland & Knight LLP on 5/24/2013

Earlier this year, an enterprise that sold criminal record reports via mobile apps agreed to settle FTC charges that it operated as a consumer reporting agency without taking consumer protection measures required by the Fair...more

California Bill to Expand Data Security Breach Notification Law Clears Senate Hurdle

by Rachel Tarko Hudson | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/24/2013

Last week, the California state Senate passed S.B. 46, a bill to expand the triggering data under the existing data security breach notification law. ...more

Privacy Reform Coming in Light of Big Data

by Lisa K. Abe-Oldenburg | Bennett Jones LLP on 5/24/2013

Canada’s Federal Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart today released a position paper which offers a roadmap for modernizing Canada’s federal private-sector privacy law, Personal Information Protection and Electronic...more

Washington State Joins Trend of New Social Media Laws

by Katharine Parker, Daniel Saperstein | Proskauer Rose LLP on 5/23/2013

On May 21, 2013, Washington's governor signed SB 5211 into law, making Washington the latest state to prohibit employers from requiring or requesting that prospective and current employees disclose their username and password...more

FINRA Levies $9 Million Fine Against Financial Service Company Over Email Failures

by Pillsbury Social Media, Entertainment &... on 5/22/2013

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has levied a $7.5 million fine against LPL Financial LLC (LPL) for a series of email system failures which prevented LPL from accessing hundreds of millions of emails and...more

Poland - Cookies Served on a Tray. New Regulations on the Use of Cookie Files

by Oskar Tulodziecki, Marta Wysokinska | K&L Gates LLP on 5/22/2013

Regulations in Poland relating to entities providing services electronically (meaning practically all entities running Internet websites) have been amended. These changes derive from the new provisions of the EU law, in...more

FTC Sends COPPA Update Educational Letters

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/22/2013

On May 15, the FTC announced that it sent letters to businesses to help them comply with new requirements under the revised Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) rule....more

Client Alert: FCC TCPA Declaratory Ruling

by Paul Besozzi, Monica S. Desai, Deborah Lodge | Patton Boggs LLP on 5/22/2013

A recent FCC ruling has significant implications for any company using third-party telemarketers. The FCC declared that sellers may be held vicariously liable under agency theories for certain violations of the Telephone...more

BYOD Trends and Best Practices: Part 3 of It's 2013. Do You Know Where Your BYOD Policies Are?

by David Johnson, Joshua B. Konvisser | Pillsbury Global Sourcing Practice on 5/21/2013

In Part 3 of "It's 2013. Do You Know Where Your BYOD Policies Are?" we will address developing BYOD trends and best practices. Please check out Part 1 and 2 of this 3-part series addressing employee and employer concerns,...more

Beyond Privacy Policies: Practical Privacy For Web Sites And Mobile Apps

by Anne Davies Newman | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 5/21/2013

In this environment of growing attention to the risks of data security breaches, and in the midst of an explosion of mobile applications that make data storage an increasingly far-flung proposition, many organizations assume...more

Court Dismisses California AG’s First Suit Against Mobile Application Provider Under Online Privacy Protection Act

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/21/2013

On May 9, the Superior Court of California dismissed California Attorney General Kamala Harris’ first suit against a company for allegedly failing to comply with the state’s Online Privacy Protection Act. California v. Delta...more

New Colorado Law Prohibits Employer Access to Applicant and Employee Personal Social Media Accounts

by Katharine Parker, Daniel Saperstein | Proskauer Rose LLP on 5/20/2013

On May 12, 2013, Colorado’s governor signed H.B. 1046 into law to forbid employers from requiring or requesting that prospective and current employees disclose their username and password to their personal social media...more

AP Scandal Demonstrates Need for Federal Shield Law to Protect Reporters [Video]

by LXBN on 5/20/2013

It was announced last week that the Department of Justice had some something many would deem unthinkable: they secretly obtained the phone records of twenty Associated Press reporters. This was done in an effort to root out a...more

The Great Disappearing Acts: California Considers Two Bills Addressing the Removal of Online Information of Minors

by Jake Romero | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 5/20/2013

Do you ever find yourself worrying that, given the types of things minors deem appropriate to post on social networking Web sites like Facebook and Twitter, our country won’t be able to produce an electable candidate for...more

FCC Rules Sellers May Be Vicariously Liable for Third-Party Telemarketers’ Violations of Telephone Consumer Protection Act

by Jim DeGraw, David McIntosh, Doug Meal, Mark Szpak | Ropes & Gray LLP on 5/20/2013

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) recently declared that sellers of products and services can be held vicariously liable for actions of third-party telemarketers that violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act...more

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Communications & Media Law › Privacy

Colorado and Washington Join Growing List of States Prohibiting Employer Access to Employee Social Media Accounts

Twitter v. Manhattan DA Fight Unfortunately Ends with a Whimper

New Washington Law Protects Employees’ Social Media Accounts

App Developer Settles FCRA Charges Over Provision of Criminal Background Reports

California Bill to Expand Data Security Breach Notification Law Clears Senate Hurdle

Privacy Reform Coming in Light of Big Data

Washington State Joins Trend of New Social Media Laws

FINRA Levies $9 Million Fine Against Financial Service Company Over Email Failures

Poland - Cookies Served on a Tray. New Regulations on the Use of Cookie Files

FTC Sends COPPA Update Educational Letters

Client Alert: FCC TCPA Declaratory Ruling

BYOD Trends and Best Practices: Part 3 of It's 2013. Do You Know Where Your BYOD Policies Are?

Beyond Privacy Policies: Practical Privacy For Web Sites And Mobile Apps

Court Dismisses California AG’s First Suit Against Mobile Application Provider Under Online Privacy Protection Act

New Colorado Law Prohibits Employer Access to Applicant and Employee Personal Social Media Accounts

AP Scandal Demonstrates Need for Federal Shield Law to Protect Reporters [Video]

The Great Disappearing Acts: California Considers Two Bills Addressing the Removal of Online Information of Minors

FCC Rules Sellers May Be Vicariously Liable for Third-Party Telemarketers’ Violations of Telephone Consumer Protection Act

Advertising News & Analysis - May 16, 2013

Advertising Law -- May 16, 2013

"Eye on Privacy" Newsletter - May 2013

Hey Employers: Employee Social Media Passwords are (Mostly) None of Your Business (Not that You’ve Been Inquiring)

California Moves One Step Closer to Passing Privacy Bill Requiring a Search Warrant for Providers' Customers' Emails

Whose Social Media Account Is It, Anyway?

Federal Legislation Introduced Regarding Mobile Application Privacy

AP Scandal Demonstrates Need for Federal Shield Law to Protect Reporters [Video]

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