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Yes, I really am Angela Merkel

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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Germany
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May 4 2013

Facebook can keep forcing its German users to disclose their real names in order to register for and continue using the social network, after an

Google challenges NSL

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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April 6 2013

On the heels of the district court's decision, Google reportedly filed suit in the same court (pursuant to 18 USC 3511) to set aside or modify

Court tosses spam out of the frying pan and into the fire

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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March 2 2013

The U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota has held, in Gage E. Services, LLC, v. AngelVision Technologies, Inc., that the CAN-SPAM Act

California Credit Card Act does not cover internet downloads

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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February 23 2013

According to the California Supreme Court, when California enacted the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1991 to protect consumers' personal

Punishing hackers even when they do no damage

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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December 29 2012

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has held, in Chadha v. Chopra, that a party suing under the Stored Communications Act (SCA

Privacy: there’d better be an app for That

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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December 22 2012

App makers who did not heed California Attorney General Kamala Harris's warning that they needed to have a privacy policy accessible from the app should

Judge “likes” Facebook settlement terms

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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December 15 2012

Facebook is finally distributing some wealth back to its users - but only because it is being forced to. Facebook users, whose names and photographs were

Will Pennsylvania shut down the free internet?

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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December 8 2012

A Hotmail user in Pennsylvania has brought a class action against Google (Brinkman v. Google, Inc.) alleging that its interception of non-Gmail users’ communications with Gmail users violates Pennsylvania’s wiretap statute

Google’s CDA immunity armor pierced

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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November 10 2012

Internet search providers and websites that have come to rely on the Communications Decency Act (CDA) to protect against content-related lawsuits should be feeling a little discomfort right now

Court backs up on ECPA protections

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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October 20 2012

The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled in Jennings v. Jennings that opened emails kept in a person’s web-based email account are not in “electronic storage” as narrowly defined by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) and therefore are not protected from unauthorized access

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