Attorney Generals, Personally Identifiable Information

Google Settles Another Privacy Allegation — This One Concerning Its ‘Street View’

by Jeff Ifrah on 3/18/2013

Google recently agreed to a settlement after a three-year investigation conducted by 38 state attorneys general stemming for allegations that it had violated individuals’ privacy rights when it collected information from...more

Two California Privacy Bills Introduced

by Jill Westmoreland | Loeb & Loeb LLP on 2/14/2013

California Assemblyman Isadore Hall introduced Assembly Bill 257 which addresses mobile privacy. The bill would codify many of the best practices proposed by the California Attorney General in her report titled “Privacy on...more

California Does It Again! - Recommends Best Practices for the Mobile App Industry

by Tanya Curtis, Leonard Ferber, Doron Goldstein | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 2/12/2013

In last month’s Technology Advisory, I described recent actions of the California Attorney General designed to improve privacy protections for users of mobile applications. This included an agreement the California Attorney...more

Recent Privacy Developments: California AG Continues to Lead on Mobile with New Recommendations and FTC Amends COPPA

by Antony Kim, Stephanie Sharron, Joe Wright | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/15/2013

Nearly all businesses today are involved in some way in the development or distribution of mobile applications. The first part of this Client Alert highlights recent activities of the California State Attorney General to...more

California’s Attorney General Releases Privacy Recommendations for Mobile Apps

by Karen H Bromberg | Cohen & Gresser LLP on 1/11/2013

California’s Attorney General released, on January 10, 2013, a lengthy set of recommended privacy practices aimed at app developers, app platform providers, mobile ad networks, operating system developers, and mobile...more

Privacy Resolutions for Mobile App Providers in the New Year

by James McPhillips | Pillsbury Global Sourcing Practice on 1/5/2013

The end of 2012 saw a flurry of activity in the area of privacy enforcement. In July, Kamala Harris, the Attorney General of California, announced the formation of California's own state agency to investigate and enforce the...more

Advertising Law -- Jan 02, 2013

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 1/4/2013

In This Issue: Does a Virtual Pet Site Violate COPPA?; Legislative Updates: Geolocation bill and VPPA Updates Advance, ECPA Update Stalls; Dunkin’s “Best Coffee” Slogan Can’t Be Trademarked; Takeoff: First California...more

Increasing Scrutiny of Consumer Data Collection

by Rochelle Alpert, Karen Butcher, Ron Dreben, W. Reece Hirsch, Dana Nicoletti, Carla Oakley | Morgan Lewis on 1/3/2013

Recent FTC and California Attorney General actions highlight the need to reassess privacy policies. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently ordered the data brokerage industry to provide information on the collection...more

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