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Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Cyber Monday Challenge: Test your cyber IQ

In honor of Computer Security Day (which was Saturday), we have a quiz designed to test your grasp of key laws, regulations, and best practices that keep your personal, financial, and sensitive information safe....more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Same Old Song and Dance: The Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971 is Plaintiffs’ Latest Tool to Target Pixels and Other Online...

The plaintiffs’ bar has added a new tool to its arsenal to target cookies, pixels, and similar online tracking tools and the businesses that use them: the California Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971 (“Act”). This...more

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Oldies but Not Goodies - Plaintiffs Put New Digital Spin on Song-Beverly

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Over the past few months, a wave of new lawsuits has been filed in California state court against online retailers alleging violations of California’s Song-Beverly Credit Card Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 1747.08 (“Song-Beverly”)....more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Inbox Overload: Massachusetts Lawsuits Target Online Retailers’ Email Collection

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The Massachusetts’ Consumer Privacy in Commercial Transactions Act (the “Act”) limits companies’ ability to request and collect personal identification information (“PII”) that is not required for a transaction. The Act does...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

In a Case of First Impression, Ninth Circuit Addresses Personal Jurisdiction Issues Involving Non-Resident Corporation Providing a...

In Briskin v. Shopify, Inc., No. 22-15815, 2023 WL 8225346 (9th Cir. Nov. 28, 2023), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the Canada-based company Shopify, Inc. (“Shopify”), which provides a...more

K&L Gates LLP

France: New Requirements Concerning the Sale of Digital Goods

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On 29 June 2022, Decree n° 2022-946 (the Decree) supplemented the regulatory framework resulting from the Ordinance n° 2021-1247 of 29 September 2021 on the legal warranty of conformity for goods, digital content, and digital...more

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Sneaking into the Data Business

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If you are not paying for a service on the Internet, you are the product being sold to paying customers. But if you are paying for the service, can you be the product too? Of course....more

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Part 5 of 5: Gazing into the future of China’s data protection law

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China’s data protection laws have been developing actively in the recent years. This article identifies some other Chinese legal instruments which are relevant to the protection of personal information, and discusses the...more

Miller Nash LLP

When Worlds Collide: How Tangible Tax Burdens Attach to Digital Commerce in the United States (Part 2)

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Part 1 of this series discussed the proposals adopted by various countries to impose taxes on the digital economy, particularly by taxing various types of digital advertising and other digital services. These taxes allow...more

Foster Garvey PC

Online Travel Update: Marriott and Rakuten announce partnership; Sonder continues to expand distribution network; Expedia combines...

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This week’s Update features a variety of stories, including stories regarding Expedia’s planned roll up of its loyalty programs and Marriott’s recently announced loyalty program partnership with Japanese e-commerce platform,...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Filters Fast LLC Fails to Obtain Dismissal of Plaintiffs’ Proposed Class Action

This week, a North Carolina federal judge denied Filters Fast LLC’s motion to dismiss a proposed data breach class action, ruling that the plaintiffs demonstrated adequate harm to satisfy Article III standing....more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

China Promulgates Its Long-Awaited Civil Code

The PRC issues a 1,260-article, comprehensive Civil Code covering all aspects of civil and business life in China. It becomes effective on January 1, 2021. China has passed its first-ever Civil Code, which will come into...more

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The dust has finally settled – the long journey of China's new Personal Information Security Specification

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More than one year after the release of a draft amended version of the GB/T 35273-2017 Information Security Technology – Personal Information Security Specification (the 2017 Specification) for public comments in January...more

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Study of proposal for an ePrivacy Regulation

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On 10 January 2017, the European Commission issued a proposal for a new ePrivacy Regulation (ePR) triggering a legislative process that is still ongoing. The proposed ePR was intended to replace the existing ePrivacy...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

"Retail Rap" – Analysis of Business and Legal Trends in the Industry: November 2019

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Welcome to our latest edition of Retail Rap. From influencer marketing to launching a startup and ensuring digital advertising complies with the latest regulations, retail issues are making news—and presenting legal...more

Hogan Lovells

Spanish DPA on Use of Cookies: Continued Browsing is Consent

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On November 8, the Spanish data protection authority (AEPD) published new Guidelines on the Use of Cookies (Guidelines) (Spanish only). The Guidelines have been prepared in collaboration with different organisations in the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

E-Commerce Businesses Beware: The Freedom to Contract does not Trump Reasonable Privacy Expectations

The EDPB’s new Guidelines on Article 6(1)(b) may severely limit e-commerce business’ ability to enhance data processing by unilaterally defining contractual services....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Tech Groups Pitch Priorities for WTO E-Commerce Trade Talks

At the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) 2019 Public Forum last week—where members of the public, academia and civil society discussed ideas on the theme of “Trading Forward: Adapting to a Changing World”—a group of 28...more

Hogan Lovells

GMCQ: Global Media, Technology and Communications Quarterly - Autumn/Winter 2018

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In this edition we survey the latest legal and regulatory developments across the global media and communications industry. We have a particular focus on new privacy laws. ...more

Nossaman LLP

GDPR COMPLIANCE DEADLINE IS MAY 25, 2018: Privacy Regulation is a Moving Target

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Worldwide, companies are scrambling to meet the May 25th deadline to comply with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). For companies with physical operations in an EU member state, this deadline is...more

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Liability regulation of online platforms in the UK

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The UK's diverse ecology of online platforms is a key growth engine for the UK economy and society. It enables knowledge discovery, sales, social and economic interaction and the sharing and distribution of content. ...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Global Innovation Centers in the Data-Driven Digital Economy

GICs offer advantages for exploiting big data and staying competitive. Data is the fuel of the 21st-century economy. Companies must manage and exploit data and digital technologies in an innovative, agile and cost...more

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Asia Pacific Data Protection and Cyber Security Guide 2017

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2016 was an eventful year in the Asia-Pacific region, as data protection and cyber security issues increasingly feature in the news headlines in the Asia-Pacific region as they do elsewhere, our annual publication, the 2017...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

China Employment Law Alert: New Data Privacy Obligations for Employers

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The National People's Congress Standing Committee has now finalised the new Cyber Security Law ("CSL"), to take effect on 1 June 2017. The fast development of the internet in China has caused a rapid escalation of security...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The Digital Single Market Strategy: One Year On

In May 2015, the European Commission announced its Digital Single Market Strategy to accelerate the creation of a digital single market (DSM) across the EU. The EU’s aim is to broaden access to e-commerce, media and...more

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