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Protecting privacy or enabling fraud? Employee social media password protection laws may clash with FINRA rules

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 8 2013

As a growing number of states pass legislation which will protect individuals' social media accounts from employer scrutiny, they have encountered a

Facebook and Netflix now “in a relationship”; Obama signs bill updating video privacy law

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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January 23 2013

On January 10, 2013, President Obama signed into law H.R. 6671, an amendment to the Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (VPPA) codified at 18 U.S.C

FTC consumer privacy settlement over Google Buzz includes EU Safe Harbor violations

Proskauer Rose LLP
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European Union, USA
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May 5 2011

The Federal Trade Commission settled deceptive practices charges against Google relating to the rollout of the Google Buzz social network in 2010, including charges that Google violated the substantive requirements of the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor agreement

Everybody likes free stuff: draft privacy legislation seeks to enhance consumer protections without disrupting ad-supported internet business model

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 11 2010

A draft Congressional bill released Tuesday, May 3 would enhance consumer privacy protections both online and offline and establish a national framework for the collection, use and security of consumer information, superseding state law requirements regarding the collection, use and disclosure of the information it covers

President Obama signs executive order on cybersecurity

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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March 6 2013

As announced during the 2013 State of the Union Address, President Obama recently signed an Executive Order on cybersecurity. The primary goals of

No Fourth Amendment violation in ISP scanning of user e-mail, and reporting of suspected child pornography in compliance with law

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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July 29 2010

An Internet service provider that scanned user e-mail in order to screen out images containing child pornography, and reported suspected images in compliance with federal law, was not acting as an agent of law enforcement for Fourth Amendment purposes, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled

Assent to newspaper’s online privacy policy did not constitute waiver of right to anonymous speech

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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April 14 2010

An anonymous commenter's assent to a newspaper's online privacy policy did not constitute a waiver of the commenter's right to anonymous speech, a district court ruled

ECPA not applicable to ISP's alleged disclosure of communications to foreign government

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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April 14 2010

The Electronic Communications Privacy Act does not apply to the actions of an ISP that allegedly revealed subscribers' personal information and communications to a foreign government, where the acts of disclosure and interception took place in a foreign country, a district court ruled

FTC settlement bars marketing of spyware for illegal uses

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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June 15 2010

The Federal Trade Commission scored a victory over spyware with a recent settlement with a company that will prohibit it from marketing its keylogging software as a "100 percent undetectable" way to "Spy on Anyone, From Anywhere."

Twitter's settlement with the FTC demonstrates that "reasonable security" isn't only about online commerce

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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June 28 2010

The social networking and micro-blogging service Twitter recently agreed to settle charges with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding its privacy and data security practices

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