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European Union, USA - January 11 2012
On December 8, 2011, the European Union’s Article 29 Working Party issued Working Paper 188 entitled “Opinion 16/2011 on EASA/IAB Best Practice Recommendation on Online Behavioural Advertising”.
USA - November 22 2011
The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has initiated a pilot audit program as part of its increased emphasis on compliance, as required by section 13411 of the HITECH Act.
USA - October 20 2011
AB 22, a new law signed by Gov. Brown in early October that becomes effective January 1, 2012, will restrict the ability of most California employers from reviewing an applicant’s credit score and credit history unless there is a clear business justification for doing so.
USA - June 23 2011
On June 23rd, the Supreme Court issued an opinion in the case Sorrell v. IMS Health in which the Justices voted 6-3 that a Vermont law restricting the ability of pharmaceutical companies to analyze reports on prescriber behavior and use that information to market branded drugs to doctors violated the First Amendment.
USA - May 13 2011
Andy Serwin, Chair, Privacy, Security & Information Management Practice at Foley & Lardner LLP, recently sat down with Scott Shipman, eBay's Associate General Counsel, Global Privacy Leader to get his personal thoughts on the Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 (CPBR).
