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The secrets your refrigerator could tell

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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April 20 2013

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking comments on the risks posed to consumers' privacy and security by the increasing ability of commonly used

Canada raises the bar on communications privacy

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Canada
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April 13 2013

The Supreme Court of Canada has made it more difficult for police to obtain cellphone text messages in storage. In R. V. TELUS Communications Co

FTC proposes privacy guidelines for mobile app ecosystem

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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February 14 2013

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission published a Staff Report, "Mobile Privacy Disclosures: Building Trust Through Transparency," which proposes

China passes strict electronic privacy law, without irony

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China
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January 19 2013

China's Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, a subsection of China's full national legislature, has enacted a new national

Court upholds FCC’s data roaming rule

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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December 29 2012

The D.C. Circuit has held, in Cellco Partnership v. Federal Communications Commission, that the FCC can require wireless carriers to allow data roaming on

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

FTC puts app makers in COPPA crosshairs

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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

Court allows privacy suit to proceed against app maker

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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November 3 2012

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a mixed decision on an app maker’s motion to dismiss federal and state claims arising from its collection of personal information

Court drops call on communications privacy

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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October 27 2012

The Supreme Court of Arkansas has held in Gulley v. State of Arkansas that police do not need a warrant to obtain the content of text messages, and that a mere subpoena will suffice

Sixth Circuit okays warrantless tracking of cell phones

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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September 8 2012

Police do not need a warrant to obtain GPS, cell-site, or “ping” location data for mobile phones, according to a recent decision by the Sixth Circuit