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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Time to Update Your Privacy Disclosure Creation Checklists? Google Will Add to Mobile Privacy Disclosure Requirements

Google recently announced that beginning next year it will require Android mobile apps to provide privacy disclosures. These disclosures will live in a new “safety section” in Google Play...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #280 – Using Biometric Information for Payments and Services

Many individuals already use facial recognition technology to authenticate and authorize payment through their smartphone. According to Jupiter Research, by 2025 (only four years away), 95 percent of smartphones will have...more

Payne & Fears

Don’t Let Technology Run Away With Your Customer Information

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For many companies, customer information ranks among its most important assets. Yet these days, employees often keep this sensitive customer information in electronic locations that are not readily accessible to or controlled...more

King & Spalding

Illinois “Geolocation Privacy Protection Act” Passed By Legislature

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On June 28, 2017, the Illinois General Assembly passed a bill limiting the collection and use of geolocation information obtained via smartphones. The bill now heads to Governor Bruce Rauner’s desk for signature or veto. ...more

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Pokémon Go Faces More Criticism

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Pokémon Go is a location-based augmented reality game in which players use their mobile device to catch Pokémon in the players’ real-world surroundings by utilizing the camera, GPS, and gyroscope features of the mobile...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Pokemon App Developer Sued for Failed Privacy Protections

Niantic Inc. (Niantic), developer of the mobile game “Pokémon GO,” was sued in Florida court on July 27, 2016. The named plaintiff, David Beckman filed the complaint against Niantic claiming the game’s terms of service and...more

Goodwin

California Enacts CalECPA, Requiring a Search Warrant to Obtain or Access Users’ Electronic Information

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On Thursday, October 8, 2015, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (the “California ECPA”). This legislation, which takes effect on January 1, 2015, has been heralded by...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Weekly Privacy Tip #3 – Know how apps are accessing and using your constant location

Everyone loves their smartphone. Everyone loves the newest app. Angry Birds has lots of company now. But most people don’t know the back end of apps and how they are accessing, using and selling your data. Why? Because no one...more

BakerHostetler

2014 Mobile Privacy and Security Trends and What to Look for in 2015

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Most analysts and commentators agree that 2014 was the year mobile reached a tipping point. With over 1 billion mobile smartphones in circulation, 2014 marked the first year that mobile Internet usage surpassed desktop use in...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Eye on Privacy - January 2014

In this issue: - FTC Settlement with Flashlight App Requires Extensive Disclosures Outside of the Privacy Policy to Collect and Share Geolocation Information - GAO and Senate Commerce Committee Release Studies...more

Baker Donelson

BYOD – Bring Your Own Device Policies

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Companies, big and small, spend a large amount of resources on IT infrastructure, IT logistics, and IT support. A quality workforce will swiftly crumble if individuals cannot communicate quickly and effectively....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Ohio Federal Court Addresses Privacy Rights around Employee Smartphones

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A recent Ohio federal court decision serves as a reminder that companies need to review their Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD) policies to ensure that employees are adequately informed about the communications that corporate...more

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Bring Your Own Device Programs and Health Care: Too Risky to Work? - Scripts - News for the Health Care Community

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Recent workplace surveys report that as many as 87% of employees use personal electronic devices for work, raising compliance, data loss, and security risks for their employers. As a result, designing a workable...more

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