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New Mexico limits employer access to job applicants' social media accounts

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

New Mexico recently became the latest state to prohibit employer access to social media accounts when Governor Susana Martinez signed S.B. 371 into

UPMC’s email messaging, and social media policies recently found to violate NLRA

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 13 2013

An administrative law judge in Pittsburgh recently struck down an employer's email, e-messaging, and social media employment policies as

Facebook files lawsuit against app developer for displaying outdated user data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

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

Posts on employer’s blog and employee’s Facebook account may make employer liable for retaliation

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 18 2013

The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee recently allowed the retaliation claims of two former employees at Coyote Ugly, a chain

No privacy right in email submission to gossip website

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 1 2013

Recently, an arbitrator determined that Mario Lavandeira, operator of the gossip website PerezHilton.com, was not liable for breach of contract and

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