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DSIR Deeper Dive: A Big Year for VPPA Developments

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The past year has brought a number of federal appellate rulings under the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), 18 U.S.C. § 2710, one of the statutes under which plaintiffs have been filing numerous claims in recent years...more

Sunstein LLP

Hospital Websites Transfer Browser Data to Google and Facebook, But Escape Liability Under Wiretap Statute

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To date, 19 states have adopted comprehensive data privacy laws, but Massachusetts is not among them. Thus, Massachusetts residents whose web browsing activities result in an unexpected loss of privacy sometimes base their...more

Omnizant

[Webinar] Social Media Marketing Specialist - October 12th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET

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From Zero to Hero: How To Get Started With Social Media Marketing for Your Practice - You’ve heard about the power of social media to grow your practice, but you’ve never been able to harness it. Sound familiar? You’re...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

A blockbuster privacy law? VPPA’s scope remains unclear

Enacted in in 1988 after Judge Robert Bork’s video rental history was leaked by a store clerk and published in a newspaper profile about the Supreme Court nominee, the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) was the result of...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Popular Tax e-Filing Sites Reportedly Sent Tax Info to Meta

According to reporting from the Verge and the Markup, several popular e-filing providers have been transmitting sensitive financial information to Meta through Meta Pixel. Meta Pixel is a free advertising analytics service...more

Good2bSocial

Lead Generation for Lawyers: The Best Campaigns for Every Channel

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Lead generation for lawyers is one of the most important things you can spend time on. There’s no one-size-fits-all approach. Instead, savvy marketers will create a strategy based on proven channels and an effective...more

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U.S. District Judge: Method of Determining Webpage Visitor Intent Is Abstract

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In USC IP Partnership, L.P. v. Facebook, Inc., 2021 WL 6690275, U.S. District Judge Alan Albright of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas found U.S. Patent No. 8,645,300 invalid under 35 U.S.C. §101...more

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The French Data Protection Authority Joins the Austrian Data Protection Authority in Ruling that the Use of Google Analytics...

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French regulators have held that the use of Google Analytics violates the GDPR, a decision that likely has broad implications for web analytics companies and website operators. On February 10, 2022, the French Data...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Meta's Annual Report Says It May Have To Shut Down Facebook and Instagram in Europe Because of GDPR – A Fact, Not a Threat

In July 2020, the Schrems II decision issued and the European Commission’s adequacy decision for the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework was invalidated. Further, and broader than the invalidation of Privacy Shield adequacy...more

Knobbe Martens

FTC Settlement With Fertility-Tracking App May Have Costly Ramifications for Companies Who Use Third-Party Data Analytics Software

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On January 13, 2021, the FTC announced that fertility app developer Flo Health, Inc. (“Flo”) agreed to a settlement over allegations that the company shared app users’ health information with third-party data analytics...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Facebook’s “Trending” Section and Human Resources Analytics

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According to a recent New York Times article, “Facebook scrambled on Monday to respond to a new and startling line of attack: accusations of political bias.” Slate followed with a report that the online social networking...more

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