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Court grants final approval to class action settlement over AOL's 2006 anonymization failure; big data precursor settles for millions

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 30 2013

After nearly seven years of litigation, two class actions, and millions of dollars in legal and settlement fees, AOL hopes that it can finally put

CalOPPA enforcement grounded, for now

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 10 2013

In a significant victory, Delta Airlines' demurrer to the enforcement action filed by the State of California was sustained without leave to amend

The scope of HIPAA preemption in Florida: more questions than answers

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 1 2013

On April 9, 2013, the Eleventh Circuit held that HIPAA preempts a Florida statute that requires nursing homes to release medical records of deceased

Loose lips sink... providers?

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 30 2013

Can a medical corporation be directly liable under New York law for breaching its common law fiduciary duty of confidentiality when a non-physician

Cyber fraud: lawsuit by local community bank demonstrates need for vigilance

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 18 2013

A recent lawsuit filed by Charlotte-based Park Sterling Bank against a corporate customer highlights the importance of financial institutions having

UK court rules Fourth Data Protection Principle does not require absolute accuracy

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 2 2013

The UK Court of Appeal overturned a previous decision relating to the breach of the Fourth Data Protection Principle, which requires that personal

Canada's Supreme Court holds stricter standards apply to search of texts

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • April 1 2013

On March 27, the Supreme Court of Canada held that the police must obtain a judicial wiretap order to get text message records from service providers

Italian court acquits Google executives

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • Italy
  • -
  • March 26 2013

Three senior Google executives, given six month suspended jail sentences in Italy in 2010 for data protection breaches relating to the content of a

ECJ to weigh in on Spanish contest with Google over the application of data protection laws

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Spain
  • -
  • March 26 2013

As Google continues its legal battle with the Spanish Data Protection Authority (DPA), the Spanish High Court (Audiencia Nacional) has referred

German Federal Labor Court: works council may itself decide on data protection measures to be applied on its computers

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • March 20 2013

The German Federal Labor Court had to decide on a work council's demand to be provided with a personal computer with a group account for access to