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Preventing Corruption While Protecting Personal Information

by Suhna Pierce, Ruti Smithline, Marian Waldmann | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 5/6/2013

Multinational businesses are subject to a patchwork of laws of the various jurisdictions in which they operate. Complying with the myriad rules and regulations can be challenging. Compliance obligations vary from one country...more

European Privacy Regulator Issues Important Opinion on the Use of Apps

by Karin Retzer | Morrison Foerster - Social Media on 4/16/2013

On February 27, 2013, the European Article 29 Working Party (a group comprising representatives from all of the data protection authorities of the EU Member States, referred to in this articles as “WP29”) issued an Opinion on...more

FTC Releases Guidance on Mobile Privacy Best Practices; Enters Into $800K Consent Order with Path

by Paul Bond, John Feldman, Christine Nielsen | Reed Smith on 2/4/2013

The FTC guidance released February 1 is Mobile Privacy Disclosures: Building Trust Through Transparency: A Federal Trade Commission Staff Report. In Mobile Privacy Disclosures, the FTC as the primary federal regulator on...more

FTC Updates To Online Privacy Acts, COPPA And VPPA

by Gina Ilardi | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/4/2013

The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) was enacted to place parents in control over what information is collected, used and disclosed from young children online. COPPA applies to operators of commercial...more

FTC Revamps COPPA Rule

by Jeremy M. Mittman | Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 2/4/2013

Two and a half years after initiating a review of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (the “Rule”), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on December 19, 2012 that the Rule will be amended to clarify...more

Discussion Draft Of Application Privacy, Protection, And Security Act (APPS Act) Released

by Dennis Olle, Pedro Pavon | Carlton Fields on 1/30/2013

Earlier this month, Representative Hank Johnson, a member of the House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet, released a discussion draft of a bill titled the Application Privacy, Protection,...more

President Signs Video Privacy Protection Act Amendments Act of 2012

by Jenna Karadbil | Pillsbury Social Media, Entertainment &... on 1/23/2013

On January 10, 2013, the President signed the Video Privacy Protection Act Amendments Act of 2012 into law. The 2013 Act amends the Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (18 USC 2710), which prohibited the sharing or...more

Privacy in Latin America

by Cynthia J. Rich, Marian Waldmann, Miriam Wugmeister | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/14/2013

Originally published in Privacy & Security Law Report on January 7, 2013. The privacy landscape in Latin America is undergoing significant changes. With the enactment or implementation of laws in Colombia, Costa Rica,...more

The View from London: European Parliament Publishes Proposal for Revised Draft of EU Data Protection Regulation

by Susan Foster | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 1/10/2013

The European Parliament recently published a report on the European Commission’s draft of a new EU Data Protection Regulation. The report, which includes the European Parliament’s proposal for a revised draft of the...more

FTC Strengthens Laws To Protect Children’s Privacy

by Sharon Klein, Angelo Stio III, Brian Zurich | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 1/7/2013

On December 19, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made major changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) for the first time in nearly 15 years, by significantly amending the Children’s Online...more

Doing Business in Canada: Privacy

by Bennett Jones LLP on 10/18/2012

Changes in the accumulation, storage and use of personal data – whether by government, employers, financial institutions or health care providers – have given rise to new and more serious privacy concerns. Given the recent...more

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