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Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2011

In a recent decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that employees may be held liable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 18 U.S.C. 1030 et seq., when they steal or remove electronic files or data in violation of their employers’ written computer-use policies

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 21 2011

A lawsuit filed in the federal court for the Eastern District of Texas earlier this month alleges that Google's Gmail service violates users' privacy by reviewing the contents of each e-mail and using that information for purposes of targeting advertisements

Privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 21 2011

On February 10, 2011, the Supreme Court of California held that zip codes are "personal identification information," or "PII," for purposes of the Song-Beverly Act and, as a result, they may not be required as a condition to the acceptance of credit cards as part of a transaction

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 14 2011

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced last week that it has settled its lawsuit against the North Carolina Department of Revenue

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • Spain, USA
  • -
  • January 24 2011

Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., has indicated that he is working to develop a privacy bill for the new session of Congress that reflects stakeholder comments on a draft bill that Rep. Stearns and former Communications Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher, D-Va., developed last year

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 17 2011

On January 7, 2011, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that is likely to have a significant impact on the regulation of online privacy

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 10 2011

Citing US Supreme Court precedent, the California Supreme Court has determined that police can search a mobile phone if it is found on a person who is taken into police custody

In the courts

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 10 2011

On January 4, 2011, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the holding of a district court that AT&T, Inc. owes federal income tax on the federal and state universal service funds (USF) it received in 1998 and 1999, or roughly $500 million of income tax on over $1.5 billion of USF monies it received in those two years

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 3 2011

On December 23, 2010, a class action lawsuit was filed against Apple and five application developers (including Pandora and the Weather Channel) alleging that the companies illegally transmitted personal information garnered from iPad and iPhone users to advertising networks for tracking purposes

In the courts

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 3 2011

On December 20, 2010, the United States District Court for the Central District of California awarded judgment in favor of T-Mobile and against the City of Agoura Hills in the parties' dispute over whether the City violated section 332 of the Telecommunications Act by denying T-Mobile's application for a conditional use permit

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