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New Arkansas law protects employees' social media accounts

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2013

Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe recently signed H.B. 1901 into law, prohibiting employers from asking employees or job applicants for social media

FTC updates COPPA FAQS to address new rules

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 30 2013

The FTC has updated its Frequently Asked Questions for complying with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Rule ("COPPA") as a follow up to

Federal court finds plaintiff states valid claims against ex-employer that hacked LinkedIn account, but fails to award damages

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 2 2013

The Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently ruled that an employee properly pled several state law causes of action against her previous employer

Facebook files lawsuit against app developer for displaying outdated user data

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 6 2013

Facebook recently filed a federal lawsuit in California against a former application developer, Profile Technology Ltd., alleging the New

Maryland creates Internet Privacy Unit

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 11 2013

Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler recently announced that his office is launching a new "Internet Privacy Unit" to combat online privacy law

Online kids gaming company agrees with CARU to fix age-blocking process

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 15 2013

The operator of the website GirlsGoGames.com, SPIL Games, BV, has agreed to change certain of its online information collection practices in response

New Jersey bans colleges from requiring students’ social media passwords

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 7 2013

New Jersey Governor, Chris Christie, recently signed a bill intended to protect college students' social media accounts. The bill prohibits private and

COPPA Rule update to go into effect July 1, 2013

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 20 2012

The FTC announced yesterday that it had made several important changes to the COPPA Rule, although the basics remain intact, as the underlying law hasn’t changed

Online advertising network settles “history sniffing” charges with FTC

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 5 2012

Epic Marketplace, a digital marketing company, has settled FTC charges about its use of "history sniffing" tools

Employer may be liable for accessing employee’s LinkedIn account

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 16 2012

A Pennsylvania court recently found that a plaintiff who alleged her employer unlawfully took control of her LinkedIn account could not proceed on claims under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and the Lanham Act, although the court did find that the former employee could proceed on her state law claims for invasion of privacy, identity theft, conversion, and tortuous interference

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