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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

UK App Code Provides Privacy and Security Compliance Direction

The UK’s new Code of Practice for App Store Operators and App Developers provides companies with privacy-related resources. It also highlights ICO privacy expectations. Participating in the code is done by voluntarily...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Webinar] Effective Use of Privacy Impact Assessments - September 13th, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm CDT

Learning Objectives: - What is a PIA and a DPIA? - Who should instigate assessments? - How and when to use assessments? - The relationship between assessments and privacy by design, and legal grounds for processing...more

Troutman Pepper

Google Says “Yes” to More Privacy Requirements

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On May 6, Google announced that mobile app developers will be required to publish their privacy policies and make other privacy disclosures in a new “safety” section within Google Play beginning in Q2 2022. Google’s...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Facebook Suspends Apps That Scrape Data From Its Platform Following Cambridge Analytica Scandal

Facebook announced on September, 20th, that it has suspended tens of thousands of apps from interoperating with the Facebook platform alleging misuse of Facebook members’ personal data. This is a continuation of the Cambridge...more

BCLP

Mobile App Privacy Policies

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Many of the most popular mobile apps collect personally identifiable information. Although most app developers are not required to display a privacy policy under federal law, they are contractually required to do so pursuant...more

Hogan Lovells

New York Regulators Lead the Charge to Fill Health Data Protection Gaps Left by Federal Law

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New York AG Settles Data Protection Enforcement Against Mobile Health Apps - After a year-long investigation into mobile health apps claiming to be able to measure vital signs or health indicators through smartphone...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Data-Harvesting Zombie Hackers, Blood-Thirsty Auditors, and Other Reasons to be Scared on Halloween

This Halloween, the scariest monsters might not be in your closet or under your bed. They may be overseas, orchestrating intrusions into your electronic medical record. Or they may be lurking in your own workforce, carrying...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - October 2015 #4

Eleventh Circuit Rejects Application of VPPA to Free App - The latest decision interpreting the application of the Video Privacy Protection Act in the context of twenty-first century technology provides positive news for...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

Important Circuit Court Ruling Limits Scope of VPPA Liability

The Eleventh Circuit issued a notable ruling this week limiting a mobile app’s liability under the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), 18 U.S.C. § 2710, a law enacted in 1988 to preserve “consumer” personal privacy with...more

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