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Hey Employers: Employee Social Media Passwords are (Mostly) None of Your Business (Not that You’ve Been Inquiring)

by Adam S. Forman, David G. King | Miller Canfield on 5/17/2013

“Likes,” “tweets,” “hashtags,” and “wall posts” are all words that have quickly entered our lexicon through the continuing explosion of growth that is social media....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

Tips for Mobile App Privacy Compliance [Video]

by Fenwick & West LLP on 4/30/2013

Increasingly, privacy is a big concern in app development. California and other jurisdictions are ramping up enforcement efforts around existing privacy laws. For example, the California attorney general has recently taken...more

FTC Guidelines for Mobile Applications: New Standards for Transparency and Notification Dictate Responsibilities for All Parties...

by Cynthia Larose, Jake Romero | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 3/1/2013

Mobile applications allow users to direct ill-tempered birds toward the buildings of evil pigs and can operate as a tool to let you know when is the best point in a movie to excuse yourself to the nearest restroom. They are...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 Supreme Court: Online Retailers May Require Personal Info for Electronic Downloads

by Michael Mallow, Michael Thurman | Loeb & Loeb LLP on 2/13/2013

Online retailers do not violate California's credit card privacy law by requiring consumers to provide personal information, including their addresses and phone numbers, as a condition of accepting credit card payments for...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

FTC Announces Mobile Privacy Enforcement Action, Issues Mobile Privacy Staff Report

by BuckleySandler LLP on 2/11/2013

On February 1, the FTC announced that it is requiring a social networking application company to pay $800,000 and make certain compliance enhancements to resolve allegations that the firm (i) misled and deceived users by...more

California Supreme Court Holds Online Download Purchase Transactions Not Covered By Song-Beverly Credit Card Act

by BuckleySandler LLP on 2/11/2013

On February 4, the California Supreme Court held, in a 4-3 split ruling, that the personal privacy protections afforded consumers by the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act do not apply when the item purchased is downloaded via the...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

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update -- Volume 4, Issue 1 -- January/February 2013

by Amanda Bakale, Tiffany Cheung, Jacob Michael Kaufman, J. Alexander Lawrence, Christine E. Lyon, Julie O'Neill, Matthew R Galeotti, Jesse Soslow | Morrison Foerster - Social Media on 2/1/2013

In this issue of Socially Aware, our Burton Award-winning guide to the law and business of social media, we explore the challenges that arise when employers and employees battle over work-related social media accounts; we...more

FTC Path Settlement - Text Copy of Chairman's Remarks

by JD Supra Law News on 2/1/2013

Full text copy of Federal Trade Commission Jon Leibowitz’s remarks on the agency’s $800,000 settlement with social networking app Path for deceiving users by collecting personal information without authorization, and by...more

California AG Issues Mobile Application Privacy Recommendations

by BuckleySandler LLP on 1/22/2013

On January 10, California Attorney General Kamala Harris (AG) issued recommended privacy practices for mobile application developers, mobile application platform providers, mobile advertising networks, operating system...more

Infobytes - A Weekly In-depth review of news & developments in the financial services industry - January 11, 2013

by BuckleySandler LLP on 1/17/2013

In This Issue: - FEDERAL ISSUES - STATE ISSUES - COURTS - MISCELLANY - FIRM NEWS - FIRM PUBLICATIONS - MORTGAGES - BANKING - CONSUMER FINANCE - SECURITIES - PRIVACY/DATA SECURITY - Excerpt from...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

Privacy-on-the-Go: California Attorney General and Major Mobile Application Platforms Agree to Privacy Principles for Mobile...

by Cynthia Larose, Jake Romero | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 1/15/2013

Application developers have been put on notice by the State of California. It is time to pay attention to user privacy and collection of information from user devices. In an effort led by the office of California...more

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Hey Employers: Employee Social Media Passwords are (Mostly) None of Your Business (Not that You’ve Been Inquiring)

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

Tips for Mobile App Privacy Compliance [Video]

FTC Guidelines for Mobile Applications: New Standards for Transparency and Notification Dictate Responsibilities for All Parties...

Two California Privacy Bills Introduced

California Supreme Court: Online Retailers May Require Personal Info for Electronic Downloads

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

FTC Announces Mobile Privacy Enforcement Action, Issues Mobile Privacy Staff Report

California Supreme Court Holds Online Download Purchase Transactions Not Covered By Song-Beverly Credit Card Act

FTC Updates To Online Privacy Acts, COPPA And VPPA

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update -- Volume 4, Issue 1 -- January/February 2013

FTC Path Settlement - Text Copy of Chairman's Remarks

California AG Issues Mobile Application Privacy Recommendations

Infobytes - A Weekly In-depth review of news & developments in the financial services industry - January 11, 2013

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

Privacy-on-the-Go: California Attorney General and Major Mobile Application Platforms Agree to Privacy Principles for Mobile...

California Attorney General Announces Privacy Recommendations for Mobile Apps and the Mobile Industry

California’s Attorney General Releases Privacy Recommendations for Mobile Apps

#3 in our 2013 Issues Series: Privacy of Mobile Applications

FTC Amends COPPA Rule and Previews Future Enforcement Policies

FTC Issues its Revised COPPA Rule

Privacy Resolutions for Mobile App Providers in the New Year

Advertising Law -- Jan 02, 2013

Increasing Scrutiny of Consumer Data Collection

Private Eyes Are Watching You – California Files Its First Internet Consumer Privacy Enforcement Action

Tips for Mobile App Privacy Compliance [Video]

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