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Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 61

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X Agrees to Stop Processing EU Data to Train its Grok AI - Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) recently filed an urgent High Court application against X (formerly Twitter) for using the personal data of European...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Social Links: August 2024

Social media giant TikTok has been sued by the United States for allegedly collecting data on children under thirteen illegally. The suit claims the app, which is owned by China-based parent company ByteDance, allowed...more

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Noteworthy Biometric Information Updates to the Ever-Changing Legal Landscape

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Meta Lays the Groundwork for Potential Sea Change in BIPA Litigation - In Zellmer v. Meta Platforms, the Ninth Circuit evaluated an appeal from summary judgment entered in favor of Meta. This case stemmed from the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

X Corp Lawsuits Target Data Scraping

X Corp (formerly Twitter) has cracked down on data scrapers in a series of lawsuits filed within the last several weeks. One lawsuit targets an Israel-based research firm that provides commercial data scraping, called Bright...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

[Public Service Webinar] How to Back up Twitter Step by Step - November 28th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET

With the turbulence at Twitter, Mary Mack decided to back up our outgoing tweets, followers and lists that she uses to curate news. In order to archive she found there were many steps and a few tools needed to do so and is...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

How to Back up Twitter Step by Step

With the turbulance at Twitter, I decided to back up my outgoing tweets, followers and my lists I use to curate news. This exercise can be used for archiving, disaster recovery, or for preservation purposes. The archive that...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #342 – If You Use Twitter, Be Aware and Stay Tuned

This week, in addition to the news-catching, ongoing dispute between Twitter and Elon Musk, Twitter’s former head of cybersecurity, Peiter Zatko, claimed in a whistleblower filing with several federal agencies that Twitter...more

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FTC Issues $150 Million Fine For Targeting Ads Based on Users’ Account Security Information

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) recently ordered Twitter to pay $150 million for violating a 2011 FTC order that prohibited the company from misrepresenting its privacy and data security...more

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Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 15

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California Privacy Protection Agency previews draft regulations - On June 8, 2022, less than two months since the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) formally took over rulemaking for the California Consumer...more

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Hefty FTC Penalty Against Twitter Reveals Privacy Policy Disclaimers Not Sufficient

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The Federal Trade Commission has levied a negotiated $150 million civil penalty against Twitter for violating an existing FTC order for alleged misrepresentations to its users, claiming the company deceptively collected...more

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Twitter Will Pay $150 Million to Settle Charges That It Misrepresented Its Privacy and Security Practices

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Last week, the United States Department of Justice, acting on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission, took action against Twitter, Inc. for allegedly using private account security data to sell targeted advertisements without...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 2.26.2021 | Top Story: Rising Long-term Bond Yields Blamed for Jumpy Markets

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Surging bond yields raised fears that government, consumer, and business spending could become more expensive, leading to a “tumultuous day in financial markets” that prompted some to blame the Fed for not expressing...more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.15.2020 | Top Story: Moderates Push Skinnier Covid Relief Bill that Strips Out Sticking Points

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The latest lame-duck Covid relief package proposal would trim about 150 billion dollars (and a number of key sticking points, including funds “to bolster state and local governments, and a temporary coronavirus liability...more

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Twitter faces fine for using two-factor identification for marketing

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 16 (August 20, 2020) - After Twitter disclosed in October 2019 that it had used sensitive information for marketing purposes, investigations by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 6.3.2020 | Top Story: New Class Action Seeks Billions From Google Over Alleged Privacy Violations

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A proposed class action filed in federal court in California on Tuesday accuses Google of “surreptitiously amass[ing] billions of bits of information—every day—about internet users even if they opt out of sharing their...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Privacy Perils: When Sharing Isn’t Caring

Helpful Privacy Tips When Working from Home - It is a reasonably safe assumption that extended WFH will lead to increased TOSM (Time On Social Media). Unfortunately, when it comes to social media use protecting private...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Protecting Social Media Contact Lists as Trade Secrets

Social media contact lists have become an increasingly important part of a business’s customer lists. While courts are still grappling with who legally “owns” the data that the employee acquired on the employer’s dime—such...more

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[Webinar] Social Media Discovery™: Find the Smoking Gun - April 30th, 1:00pm ET

With billions of active accounts across multiple social media channels, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and more, user-generated content is being created at an incredible pace. Social media information is...more

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How to Archive Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Social Media for Regulatory Compliance

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When you need information, where do you go? For the majority of people today, the answer involves a smartphone and social media. From Facebook and LinkedIn to Instagram, Twitter, and even YouTube, social media is...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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With a high-level White House meeting on Friday, the US and China have extended trade talks, even as a “final deal remains elusive” (aka, nothing at all is in writing yet). It also appears that the purported progress is...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Socially Aware - Volume 6, Issue 3 - July/August 2015

Welcome to the newest issue of Socially Aware, our Burton Award winning guide to the law and business of social media. In this edition, we present a “grand unifying theory” of today’s leading technologies and the legal...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Status Updates - December 2014 #4

Instagrowth. Instagram’s relationship with Facebook is turning out to be mutually beneficial. Since Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion in 2012, the photo sharing platform has passed the 300-million-user mark, surpassing...more

JAMS

Discovery of Social Media Data

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The digital revolution has caused tremendous growth in the volume of documents stored and collected electronically. It has also caused the creation of new sources of digital data, one of the most significant of which is...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

French Consumer Association Takes on Internet Giants

Earlier this year, the French consumer association UFC-Que Choisir initiated proceedings before the Paris District Court against Google Inc., Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc., accusing these companies of using confusing and...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Privacy Monday: October 7, 2013

Despite the government shutdown, the Supreme Court is in for the 2013-2014 session. There are a couple of privacy cases on the agenda. U.S. v. Wurie and Riley v. California - At issue: Separate appeals over...more

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