Social Networks, Data Security, Social Media

Privacy Tip #342 – If You Use Twitter, Be Aware and Stay Tuned

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/26/2022

This week, in addition to the news-catching, ongoing dispute between Twitter and Elon Musk, Twitter’s former head of cybersecurity, Peiter Zatko, claimed in a whistleblower filing with several federal agencies that Twitter...more

Would You Like Malware with Your Grumpy Cat Meme?

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog on 3/22/2018

Social media companies like Facebook and Twitter have written “white papers” and devoted considerable resources to projects intended to create services that encourage trust and a sense of familiarity on the part of users....more

Protecting Your Privacy Online Is Possible

K2 Integrity on 9/11/2017

Navigating the crossroads of security and convenience is a balancing act, but it can be done. Two minutes. That’s all it takes to perform a Google search on yourself—or anyone you choose—and obtain a virtual encyclopedia...more

Privacy Tip #58 – Distrust Social Media? Almost All Americans Do, But Still Use Them

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/31/2016

A recent nationwide poll conducted by The Rad Campaign and Lincoln Park Strategies shows that although 96 percent of American social media users distrust the ability of social media platforms to protect their personal...more

Coordinated Hackers Infiltrate 200 Targeted Employees’ LinkedIn Networks

King & Spalding on 10/21/2015

Cybersecurity researchers at the Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit (“Dell CTU”) uncovered a network of approximately 25 fake LinkedIn profiles that Dell CTU believes were used by an Iran-linked hacker group to establish at...more

Social networking service, MeetMe, Inc., settles minors’ privacy violations for $200,000

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/31/2015

On August 19, 2015, MeetMe, Inc. (MeetMe), a social networking website and mobile app, agreed to pay $200,000 and to change its privacy policies to settle a lawsuit alleging that MeetMe distributed teenagers’ geolocation and...more