Data Security, Stored Communications Act

You’ve Got My Mail: Court Rejects Challenge to Employer’s Computer Access

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP on 5/21/2019

Even employers who are devoted to higher callings can find themselves in worldly disputes with former employees over access to emails and computer files. For example, the National Institute for Newman Studies is devoted to...more

Crafting "Bring Your Own Device" ("BYOD") Policies to Protect Your Company Data and Ensure Compliance with the Law

Clark Hill PLC on 10/12/2018

It’s hard to believe that just over a decade ago, the modern touchscreen smartphone was first introduced. Amidst the “oos” and “ahs” of the crowd, Steve Jobs unveiled the revolutionary Apple iPhone on June 29, 2007. The...more

GDPR Compliance Collides with U.S. Law at Supreme Court

Fisher Phillips on 3/8/2018

The EU’s General Data Protective Regulation (“GDPR”) has been a popular topic of late. Fisher Phillips’ Employment Privacy Blog has covered the evolution of this regulation, starting with the roll back of the previous “safe...more

Eleventh Circuit Upholds Company Claims Against Former Executive For Unlawful Access to Email

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/9/2017

A terminated executive who accessed co-worker emails in the process of reporting possible company wrongdoing lost his appeal on several grounds. In Brown Jordan Intl, Inc. v. Carmicle, the Eleventh Circuit found that the...more

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update Volume 8, Issue 1

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media on 2/10/2017

The Decline and Fall of the Section 230 Safe Harbor? - 2016 was a tough year for a lot of reasons, most of which are outside the scope of this blog (though if you’d like to hear our thoughts about Bowie, Prince or...more

The Digital Divide Widens: Data Stored on Foreign Servers Within Reach of U.S. Warrants

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 2/6/2017

The rules defining privacy rights in the digital ether just became more complicated – and many didn’t believe that was possible. In a decision issued late Friday by a federal magistrate in Philadelphia, Google Inc. was...more

Mobile Device Privacy Considerations for Employers

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 6/13/2016

The use of mobile devices in the workplace, including cell phones, tablets, and other devices, has generated significant risks for employers, both in terms of data security and of litigation strategy. Access to these devices...more

Reducing Your Company’s Exposure to Trade Secret Litigation when Key Employees Come and Go

Morgan Lewis on 10/6/2015

THE NIGHTMARE SCENARIO - Within the span of two weeks, Mr. Smith and Mr. Wilson, two top managers from your $2 billion corporation, resign. Both managers had complete, unfettered access to your corporation’s trade...more

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