Data Collection

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

CMS Posts Hospital Charge Data

by King & Spalding on 5/16/2013

On May 8, 2013, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Kathleen Sebelius, announced the posting by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of hospital-specific charges for the more than...more

July 1 COPPA Compliance Deadline is Approaching

by Julia Siripurapu | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 5/15/2013

Today, the FTC sent more than ninety (90) “educational” letters to domestic and foreign businesses whose Web sites and online services (including mobile apps) appear to collect personal information from children that are 12...more

Privacy Litigation Alert: California Court Dismisses Attorney General's Mobile App Privacy Suit Against Delta, Offers Little...

by David Marty, Tyler G. Newby | Fenwick & West LLP on 5/15/2013

A California Superior Court judge has dismissed with prejudice a privacy suit brought by California Attorney General Kamala Harris against Delta Airlines. The complaint, filed in December of 2012, alleged that Atlanta-based...more

FTC Denies Requests to Extend Effective Date for COPPA Rule Revisions

by Ronald London | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 5/14/2013

The FTC has voted to retain the July 1, 2013 effective date for the revisions to its Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA Rule), shortly after issuing revised “Frequently Asked Questions” (FAQs) to aid compliance...more

Overcoming 4 Challenges of Hotline Reporting

by NAVEX Global on 5/14/2013

Most companies provide employees with a formal system to ask questions about policies or to raise allegations of wrongdoing. Data from these systems can help a company detect problem issues or locations early and can tell a...more

The 2013 Ethics and Compliance Hotline Benchmark Report

by NAVEX Global on 5/13/2013

Introduction - Every year, ethics and compliance professionals gather data from the reports made through their various reporting systems. The way the data is segmented may mean the difference between catching a...more

Advertising Law -- May 09, 2013

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 5/9/2013

Harsh Criticism for Ad Industry Over DNT - The advertising industry faced harsh criticism at a hearing held by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.). He addressed the implementation of a federal Do Not Track program and...more

Insurance Coverage for Cyber Attacks

by Roberta Anderson | K&L Gates LLP on 5/8/2013

There’s no denying that the present-day Internet, while extraordinary, is increasingly scary. Cyber attacks of various types continue to escalate across the globe. As stated by one recent commentator: “Cybercrime is raging...more

FTC Votes to Keep July 1 Compliance Deadline for COPPA; California Bill Would Require Removing Children's Personal Information...

by Loeb & Loeb LLP on 5/8/2013

The Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously this week to keep the July 1, 2013, compliance date for the new COPPA Rule. Representatives from several industry groups had asked the FTC to delay the compliance date to give...more

Senators Raise Concerns About CFPB’s Data Collection

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/3/2013

On April 23, the Senate Banking Committee held a hearing during which CFPB Director Richard Cordray testified on the CFPB’s semiannual report to Congress. A substantial portion of the hearing focused on the CFPB’s collection...more

Financial Services Legislative and Regulatory Update -- April 29‚ 2013

by Abby Matousek, Jason M. Rosenstock | Mintz Levin - Public Finance on 5/1/2013

In This Issue: Leading the Past Week; Legislative Branch; and Executive Branch. Excerpt from Leading the Past Week - The past week could be best described by one word. Chaos. In the House, a scheduled...more

The Lessons of the "Street View" Imbroglio: Know What Data You Collect and Don't Collect Data You Don't Need

by Maryanne Stanganelli | BakerHostetler on 4/25/2013

The unintended capture of personal data by Google Street View has resulted in a German Data Commissioner imposing a $189,000 fine on Google this Monday. As anyone who has used Google Maps at the street view level knows,...more

"Actually, Someone Knows You are a Dog"-- the Chinese Regulation Efforts on Private Data Protection

by Ling Zhang | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/25/2013

Do you have privacy in the era of information? "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." First published in The New Yorker on July 5, 1993, this widely known and recognized saying has been quoted many times to...more

Homework For The Privacy Commissioner Of Canada: Guidelines To Follow

by Tim Banks | Dentons on 4/24/2013

The House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics tabled its Report, entitled “Privacy and Social Media in the Age of Big Data” on April 23, 2013....more

Overriding Interest - Spring 2013

by Steven D. Cox, Bonny Hedderly, Rupeena Purewal | K&L Gates LLP on 4/24/2013

In this issue: - The Green Deal - Impact on Commercial Real Estate - High Value Residential Property Tax - Announcements and Events - Transaction Profile - Focus on Henderson Global Investors...more

Contracting Issue: Ownership of IP Created During Performance of Services

by Anne Ligman Turner | Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 4/24/2013

Contracts for proprietary seismic data acquisition for oil and gas exploration frequently include a clause providing that all intellectual property developed during the seismic contractor's performance of acquisition services...more

Internet Regulation and Data Privacy in China

by Thomas M. Shoesmith | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 4/24/2013

China is the world’s second largest economy, with an annual growth rate of more than eight percent and a rapidly growing middle class. Foreign investment into China routinely exceeds US$100 billion a year. Businesses from all...more

Illinois Federal Court Certifies Considerable Class In Data Company Privacy Suit

by BuckleySandler LLP on 4/16/2013

On April 2, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois certified a class of individuals who downloaded and installed tracking software created and operated by a data company and distributed by one of the...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - April 2013

by Joshua Gruenspecht, Ken Kumayama, Stuart D. Levi, Sigrid Neilson, Shari Piré, Pierre Servan-Schreiber | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/15/2013

In This Issue: - Data-Breach Class Actions After the Supreme Court Decision in Clapper - California Supreme Court Holds That Song-Beverly Credit Card Act Does Not Apply to Online Purchases -...more

Shine the Light a Little Brighter – Changes Resulting in Increased Customer Access Proposed to California’s “Shine the Light” Act

by Charley Lozada | Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 4/12/2013

California Assembly Member, Bonnie Lowenthal, recently introduced the “Right to Know Act of 2013? (AB 1291), which would require any company that retains a California resident’s personal information to provide a copy of that...more

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