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In the courts

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 9 2012

On July 3, 2012, a New York Criminal Court Judge ruled that Twitter must produce tweets and user information about a criminal defendant, an Occupy Wall Street protester, that were subpoenaed by the District Attorney

In the courts

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 18 2012

On June 12, 2012, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed several claims in the putative nationwide class action brought against Apple and various mobile-industry interests including Google and AdMob alleging violations of consumer privacy

In the courts

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 26 2011

On December 21, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit granted the State of Indiana’s motion for a stay of a district court’s September 2011 order enjoining the enforcement of its Automated Dialing Machine Statute that prohibits out-of-state robocalls

In the courts

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 7 2011

On March 1, 2011, the United States Supreme Court reversed the Third Circuit Court of Appeals to hold that the FCC was correct in refusing the apply the "personal privacy" exemption of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to AT&T

In the courts

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

On February 15, 2011, a putative class action lawsuit was filed in the federal district court for the Northern District of California against Apple and a host of other defendants, including application developers and various recipients of the plaintiffs' confidential data, including the New York Times, NPR, WebMD, Groupon, Pandora, and Yelp

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 7 2011

On February 3, 2011, the FTC announced that it has reached tentative settlement agreements with three credit report resellers that allegedly failed to take reasonable steps to protect consumers' personal information

In the courts

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

On January 19, 2011, the US Supreme Court heard oral argument in FCC v. AT&T, which arises out of AT&T’s claim that the FCC could withhold documents otherwise responsive to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request on the ground that AT&T qualifies for FOIA’s “personal privacy” exemption

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

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

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

On December 23, 2010, Mozilla announced that the new version of its popular web browser, Firefox, due for release in early 2011, will not include a "do-not-track" mechanism despite the FTC's recent call for the development of such an option

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

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

On December 21, 2010, Gallup and USA Today released a new poll indicating that nearly 67 of U.S. Internet users would welcome a “Do-Not-Track” mechanism to limit the ability of advertisers to track their movements online

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