Navigating the Regulation Jungle: How to Be Compliant, Work Efficiently, and Stay Sane
The ‘Long Arm’ of CIPA and Its Newfound Pen-Trap Claims
Privacy Litigation Trends: Meta Pixels, Cookie Opt-Out, and Sale of Data
Fashion Counsel: Privacy in the Retail Fashion Industry
Healthcare Privacy Walkthroughs
CF on Cyber: An Update on the Florida Security of Communications Act (FSCA)
NGE On Demand: Privacy Considerations for Remote Work Productivity Monitoring with David Wheeler
I Wish I Knew What I Know Now: Conversations with AGG on FDA Issues - Data Privacy Issues Life Sciences Companies May Encounter
Education Data Privacy and Security Laws: Best Practices for School Districts
Compliance Perspectives: Permissible Disclosures under HIPAA, Especially in the Time of COVID-19
E14: The Three Pillars of GDPR
E13: GDPR Wedding Day & Beyond
BakerHostetler Partner Alan Friel Talks Big Data and Data Collection
IP|Trend: It’s Time to Get to Know the Federal Trade Commission
IP|Trend: Keeping Your Start-Up Compliant
Yul Kwon, Head of @Facebook's Privacy Program & CBS 'Survivor' Winner, Opens Up On @HsuUntied
An Overview of the 2014 Class Action Survey
Can a website copy terms of use or a privacy policy from a similar website?
California Ballot Initiative Aims to Make Consumer Data Private by Default
Keypoint: The Central District of California issues a major victory for website owners facing CIPA-arbitration demands, two decisions address whether a plaintiff consented as a defense to wiretapping claims, three courts in...more
In this corner, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC): "Facebook has repeatedly violated its privacy promises,” said Samuel Levine, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “The company’s recklessness has...more
Recent findings by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (“OPC”) found that Home Depot of Canada Inc. (“Home Depot”) did not obtain valid meaningful consent to share summary purchase information with Meta Platforms...more
Facebook, the parent company to WhatsApp, is reporting near-record low revenue growth. Thus, presumably in an effort to monetize WhatsApp more heavily, WhatsApp recently announced changes to its privacy policy: as of...more
Furia Rubel Communications Intern Like many Americans who’ve been ordered to stay at home until the COVID-19 pandemic wanes, you may have used Zoom, either to stay in touch with a group of friends, family, colleagues, or to...more
On August 8, the Ninth Circuit issued a highly anticipated decision affirming the district court’s certification of a class of Facebook users who suffered alleged violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act...more
The Federal Trade Commission announced its settlement with Facebook on the same day that Robert Mueller testified before the House Judiciary Committee. While this may have been calculated to take Facebook off the front page,...more
Are you among the 68% of U.S. adults who, according to the Pew Research Center, use Facebook? Social media can do more harm than good, especially if you are involved in a legal dispute, family-related or otherwise. Posts on...more
July 2019 brought an escalation in the enforcement of privacy infringements by companies around the world. The trend began with a press release published on July 8, 2019, of a fine in the approximate amount of GBP 183 million...more
Big Picture Takeaways: Facebook faces many detailed requirements for internal and external governance and oversight with extensive reporting requirements...more
California recently passed the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, described by Former Gov. Jerry Brown as a “historic step” for California consumers, “giving them control over their personal data.” He claimed that the...more
Many companies, such as online retailers and social media websites, participate in “behavioral advertising.” To participate in the network, the company places code on its website that permits a third party (the behavioral...more
Data protection laws in Europe evolved substantially in 2018, with the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems (NIS Directive) becoming...more
After 2018, companies may never view online data collection in the same way again. Just as the world was turning its attention to the importance of protecting individuals’ data privacy, Facebook stumbled into a series of...more
Last week, two Senators, Senator Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts and Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding apps designed for children and whether they are in...more
Under the GDPR, data controllers are tasked with communicating to data subjects how their data is processed in a way that is both concise and transparent. From a consumer-protection perspective, this is undoubtedly one of the...more
After ten hours of Congressional testimony, one thing is clear – there is growing bipartisan concern over data privacy and data protection in the US. In the wake of so many recent data breaches, and now the data harvesting...more
Against the backdrop of the growing controversy surrounding allegations that Facebook allowed a company to mine the personal information of approximately 50 million Facebook users, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”)...more
Once again, we realize that we have little control over how information we share on social media is ultimately used. The recent revelation that a data analytic firm retained by Trump’s presidential campaign used the Facebook...more
The New York Court of Appeals gave defense counsel in personal injury cases a Valentine’s Day present when it ruled, on February 13, 2018, that discovery under the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR 3101 (a))...more
Facebook and Facebook-owned Instagram recently updated their privacy policies to protect users from social media surveillance. These updates could lead an industry-wide trend in restricting third-party sales of user data....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Social media is a potential goldmine of information when it comes to defending against employment lawsuits—pictures, status updates, location markers, “likes,” groups, and associated friends, all from the...more
European Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) recently launched investigations into WhatsApp’s sharing of user data with Facebook. (Facebook owns WhatsApp.) DPAs ordered WhatsApp to stop sharing the data pending the...more
In Carlsen v. GameStop Inc., plaintiff – a paid subscriber to defendant’s online gaming magazine – brought a putative class action lawsuit against defendant for alleged breach of its privacy policy by disclosing plaintiff’s...more
Earlier this month, the Eighth Circuit expanded standing to bring privacy policy violations claims but limited the definition of personal information in affirming the dismissal of a class action complaint in Carlsen v....more