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Federal Wiretap Act does not preempt state law, court finds

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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May 12 2012

The federal Wiretap Act does not preempt more privacy-protective state legislation, according to a recent ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

FTC puts app makers in COPPA crosshairs

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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December 22 2012

Just days before issuing its amended COPPA rule, the FTC published its second survey of mobile apps for children, in which it examined the privacy

Apple mostly wins In mobile tracking suit

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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June 23 2012

A federal district court in California rejected most claims against Apple, Inc., and other mobile industry defendants over their alleged data collection and mobile tracking practices

Compliance with surveillance law is not "optional," court holds

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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April 23 2010

After a long and convoluted series of procedural ups and downs that rivals Jarndyce and Jarndyce, a federal court in California has held that the Bush Administration's warrantless wiretapping program was illegal

When does a border search cross the line?

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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June 19 2010

Several federal courts of appeal have held that the government can search electronic devices carried across the border by incoming travelers without probable cause or even reasonable suspicion that a crime has occurred

Supreme Court first ducks, then addresses, issue of employees' expectation of privacy in workplace communications

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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June 19 2010

The U.S. Supreme Court held, in City of Ontario v. Quon, that a government employer's examination of an employee's pager messages did not violate the Fourth Amendment because it was justified by a "legitimate work-related rationale" and was "not excessively intrusive."

Immunity for telecoms may not equal anonymity

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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February 13 2010

The Ninth Circuit has blocked, for now, a court order requiring disclosure of records that would identify the telecommunications companies and their agents that lobbied for an amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that immunized companies that cooperated with the Bush Administration's warrantless wiretapping program

Connecticut Supreme Court finds call records on cell phone protected by Fourth Amendment

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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May 21 2010

The majority of courts have held that telephone call records are not protected by the Fourth Amendment because those records are shared with third parties -- namely, the phone company

FCC publishes notice of inquiry on cybersecurity plan

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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May 21 2010

On May 11, the Federal Communications Commission's Notice of Inquiry (NOI) seeking comment on its proposal to create a voluntary cybersecurity certification program was published in the Federal Register

DOJ gives pinky push to data retention

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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January 29 2011

A U.S. Justice Department official asked Congress to consider requiring electronic communications and cell phone service providers to retain data about their subscribers’ communications