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The Continuing Saga of Ad Tracking Litigation: What Businesses Need to Know

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Recent months have seen a dramatic increase in demand letters and litigation targeting websites and mobile apps. These claims often allege privacy violations stemming from the use of various technologies such as chat bots,...more

Snell & Wilmer

The European Union Opens “Tech Embassy” in Silicon Valley Ahead of New Technology Regulations

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On September 1, 2022, the European Union will officially open a new liaison office in California’s Silicon Valley. The new office – coined the “tech embassy” – follows the European Council’s adoption of the Conclusions of EU...more

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FINRA 2022 Exam Report Spotlight: Communications with the Public

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It came as no surprise that FINRA’s 2022 Examination and Risk Monitoring Program Report highlighted communications with the public as a continued area of focus. The primary theme across this focus area relates to the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Clubhouse Faces Steep Challenges In Spite Of New Features And Expanded Access

Clubhouse, the former invitation-only social media darling that captured the attention of investors, social media early adopters, and competitors since its introduction in April 2020, now faces significant challenges as it...more

Epiq

Too Much Chatter: The Challenges of Collecting and Reviewing Chat Messages

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Chat data is a large component of business operations today, especially with the increase in the remote workforce. There are chat apps, videoconferencing and collaboration-based platforms that incorporate chat functions, and...more

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TikTok Raises Data Security Concerns in the US

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TikTok is one of the most popular video-sharing apps in the U.S. right now, especially amongst teenagers and young adults TikTok is an app which allows users to create and share short, fun video content that generally...more

Holland & Knight LLP

It's Not You; It's Your Patent: Dating App Patent Held To Be Abstract, Ineligible

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NetSoc filed suit against several online dating platforms, alleging infringement of its patent entitled "Method and System for Establishing and Using a Social Network to Facilitate People in Life Issues." The defendants moved...more

Hogan Lovells

FTC Obtains Record COPPA Settlement

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On February 27, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it settled with the operators of a video social networking app for a record civil penalty of $5.7 million under the Children’s Online Privacy...more

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Mobile Device Discovery

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The importance of mobile device data in legal discovery, investigations, and other proceedings is ubiquitous and virtually indisputable. Mobile devices such as cellphones, smartphones, e-readers, and tablets pose a...more

BCLP

Social Media Privacy Concerns

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The majority of organizations utilize social media to market their products and services, interact with consumers, and manage their brand identity. Many mobile applications and websites even permit users to sign-in with their...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Breakingviews on Broadcom’s threat to Qualcomm’s board in the form of a slate of 11 director nominees for the company it has, so far, unsuccessfully attempted to purchase....more

K2 Integrity

Cybersecurity Awareness: Limiting Your Exposure and Visibility

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We spend so much time on our mobile phones and on social media, yet often we don’t think of how these tools are broadcasting our lives as we work and play. With just a few steps, you can limit what you are digitally telling...more

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Protecting Your Privacy Online Is Possible

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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

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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While the Journal considers the ever-growing list of headaches for Khosrowshahi, including a new federal bribery probe over potential Uber FCPA violations....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #101 - A Recap of our Top 10 Privacy Tips

Last week, our Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider reached a milestone—we hit our 100th privacy tip! This week, we mark that milestone with a special edition Privacy Tip: the top 10 most-viewed privacy tips. Our readers can...more

Hogan Lovells

China launches its annual piracy crackdown campaign: focus on online piracy of films and TV programs

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China’s State Intellectual Property Office has recently announced, in a joint declaration with three other ministerial bodies, the launch of its annual online piracy crackdown campaign called the “Red Shield Net Sword...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #91 – Teen App Wishbone Compromised—Female Teenagers at Risk

Social networking app Wishbone, which is used primarily by teenage girls to vote on various teenage type quizzes, like favorite entertainers or fashion, has been hacked....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

WhatsApp security flaw, lawsuit in Germany

Tobias Boelter, a University of California Berkeley cryptography researcher claims that last year he found a security flaw in WhatsApp’s encrypted smart phone messaging application. The flaw, which relates to the unique...more

BCLP

Data Privacy and Security: A Practical Guide for In-House Counsel, 2017 Edition

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Boulder Partner David Zetoony published the 2017 edition of his handbook, Data Privacy and Security: A Practical Guide for In-House Counsel, on Jan. 28 – Data Privacy Day. The guide provides an overview of laws relevant to a...more

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January EU Retail News

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Brands Expanding Internationally Should Embrace Competition-Conscious Luxury Goods Licences - The licensing of luxury goods in Europe, where a supplier sells goods to a certain approved distributor to sell on its...more

Hogan Lovells

A Top 10 Dispute in China

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China Business Law Journal has recently announced its ‘Deals of the Year 2016’ recognizing cases that saw the most sophisticated efforts by legal counsel. And as a result our work for Tencent has been recognized as one of the...more

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EU Retail News - December 2016

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In 2010, two business school graduates launched Birchbox; a monthly subscription service to a box filled with sample-sized beauty products from over 309 brands. Birchbox has solved one of the most significant barriers to...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

To (Dis)Close for Comfort–FTC Workshop Seeks Effective Consumer Disclosures

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A goal of providing effective disclosures to consumers is to allow consumers to make informed decisions. But what must be done to make disclosures effective? This was the question the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) explored...more

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Facebook’s “Copyright” Post - The Sound and the Fury

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Users of Facebook no doubt have seen at least some of their friends post the “copyright” update. In brief, the post states “I hereby declare that my copyright is attached to all of my personal details,” including photos,...more

Cozen O'Connor

Peeple Are Peeple

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The English electronic band Depeche Mode sang that more than 32 years ago. Still applies, for some. Social media has made it easier and quicker for everyone – your employees included – to post their feelings online...more

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