Consumer Protection, Labor & Employment Law, Privacy

Busy at Work: California Legislature Addressing Data Privacy Concerns with Data Privacy Law

by Lisa Kim, Joshua Marker, Sarah Woo | Reed Smith on 5/15/2013

The California legislature is busily at work, staying at the forefront with the development of data privacy laws. More than 15 bills related to data privacy concerns are currently making their way through the legislature, and...more

Advertising Law -- Apr 18, 2013

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 4/18/2013

In This Issue: No Rest for the NAD, As it Decides Multiple Mattress Disputes; Fur Sure? Retailers Make Faux Faux Fur Claims; Got Settlement? Muscle Milk Suit Settles for $5.3 Million; TCPA Class Actions Prohibited in New...more

Is Equifax Selling Your Salary Information?

by Jeff Ifrah on 3/11/2013

According to a recent NBC News report, Equifax, one of the three largest American credit reporting agencies, has assembled an enormous database containing employment and salary information for more than 190 million U.S....more

New Year, New FCRA Forms

by Kara Shea | Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens and Cannada,... on 2/8/2013

Do you use a third party service to conduct background checks on job applicants or employees? If yes, then you should take note of new forms which employers are required to use for this purpose, effective January 1, 2013. ...more

K-Mart to Pay $3M to settle Background Screening Claim

by Angela Bosworth on 2/4/2013

K-Mart, the mega retailer known for its blue light specials, is paying out $3 million to settle a class action suit for alleged background screening violations. The suit was settled in mediation, and if approved, it will...more

Criminal Background Checks? The FTC Knows There’s an App for That

by Jeff Ifrah on 1/25/2013

As we cautioned in a September post, the FTC is stepping up enforcement actions against mobile app developers for failure to comply with consumer protection principles. This month, the FTC took another major step in that...more

What Employers Need to Know About New York’s Beefed-Up Social Security Number Protection Law

by Edward Frischling | Holland & Knight LLP on 1/23/2013

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed an amendment to the state’s Social Security Number Protection Law. The amendment — which is designed to strengthen consumer privacy and protect against identify theft — became...more

FTC Expands FCRA Coverage to Mobile Industry – Employers Beware

by Allana Grinshteyn, Fredric Leffler, Lawrence Lorber, Marc Mandelman, Katharine Parker, Daniel Saperstein, Leslie Silverman, Allan Weitzman | Proskauer Rose LLP on 1/23/2013

The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") recently extended the reach of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA") to the mobile industry by means of a consent order, settling its complaint that alleged Respondents Filiquarian...more

Mortgage Banking Update - December 14, 2012

by Paul Apicella, Stefanie Jackman, Alan S. Kaplinsky, Barbara S. Mishkin, Brian D. Pedrow, Christopher J. Willis | Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/14/2012

In This Issue: - CFPB Monitor Named to the ABA Journal Annual Blawg 100 List - Temporary CONGRESS PASSES LEGISLATION TO FIX CFPB PRIVILEGE WAIVER PROBLEM - CFPB DESCRIBES PLANS FOR COORDINATING WITH STATE...more

New York Enhances Employee and Consumer Privacy Rights Under its Social Security Number Protection Law

by Mintz Levin - Employment, Labor & Benefits on 8/27/2012

Four years ago, New York enacted a Social Security Number Protection Law, N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law, §399-dd, aimed at combating identity theft by requiring employers to better safeguard employee social security numbers in their...more

FTC Settles FCRA Enforcement Action against Employment Background Screening Company

by Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/9/2012

The Federal Trade Commission announced on August 8, 2012, that it had settled an enforcement action filed against an employment background screening company. The action demonstrates that the FTC still intends to vigorously...more

Fair Credit Reporting Act Is Applied to Data Broker Selling Personal Information Gleaned from Social Media for Employment...

by Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP on 8/3/2012

In what the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) touts as “the first Commission case to address the sale of Internet and social media data in the employment screening context,” Spokeo, an on-line data broker, has agreed to settle...more

Advertising Law -- June 21, 2012

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 6/22/2012

In This Issue: Status Update: Facebook Seeks to Add Children; NLRB Speaks Again on Social Media; The Happiest – and Healthiest? – Place on Earth; NYC Considering Ban on Large, Sugary Drinks; Microsoft’s IE 10 Will...more

Update: Spokeo Settles with the FTC for $800,000

by Angela Bosworth on 6/12/2012

Today marks a first for the FTC, which announced a settlement with Spokeo to the tune of $800,000. This is the first case of it's kind, involving the investigation of a web-based search engine by the FTC, resulting in a big...more

Spokeo: Back on the Hot Seat in the 9th Circuit

by Angela Bosworth on 6/11/2012

So what is a site like Spokeo? A CRA? A data broker? Just a search engine? None of the above? The 9th Circuit is being ask to revive a case alleging that the site is used by employers to conduct background checks, and...more

Massachusetts’ Data Security Regulation: Important Deadline Approaching

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 2/10/2012

The deadline for compliance with a key requirement of the Massachusetts Data Security Regulation, 201 CMR 17.00 et seq. (the “Regulation”) is less than a month away. The Regulation requires that by March 1,...more

EPIC, ACLU, EFF, and Others Urge Homeland Security to Stop Creation of National Identity System

by Electronic Privacy Information Center on 6/13/2011

EPIC and a coalition of privacy, consumer rights, and civil rights organizations filed a statement to the Department of Homeland Security in opposition to the proposed expansion of the employment verification system,...more

Is Your Company's Social Media Launch Ahead Of Its Compliance Program

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/24/2011

Many businesses are still coasting along enjoying the marketing advantages of social media without making sure they have a good compliance program in place. For every company with a Facebook fan page or Twitter account...more

Dramatic Increases In HIPAA Privacy And Security Enforcement

by Fisher & Phillips LLP on 5/5/2011

Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has sent a strong message about its commitment to enforcement of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules by announcing two HIPAA Privacy Rule enforcements within one...more

Breach Notification Statutes: "Um...We Lost Your Social Security Number"

by Fisher & Phillips LLP on 2/14/2011

Employees take and misuse company information for a variety of reasons. Some do it because they want to document what they believe to be unlawful conduct. Others do it because they intend to use it in competition with their...more

New Amendments to California Investigative Consumer Reporting Law Require Notice of Personal Data that Is Stored “Offshore”

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 11/3/2010

During the final days of the 2009 – 2010 legislative session, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Senate Bill 9091 (“SB 909”) into law.2 SB 909 will require additional disclosures by investigative consumer...more

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