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Supreme Court rules against certain government prosecutions in “aggravated identity theft” decision

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • USA
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  • May 21 2009

On May 4, 2009 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the government’s most aggressive use of the “aggravated identity theft” statute, in Flores-Figueroa v. United States

Federal Court determines that Maine Online Marketing Law could infringe constitutional rights

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • USA
  • -
  • September 28 2009

In the case of Maine Independent Colleges, et al. v. Governor John Baldacci, et al. (1:09-cv-00396-JAW), the plaintiffs brought an action against the State of Maine in order to challenge the constitutionality of Public Law 2009, Chapter 230, (10 MRSA Ch. 1055, Sec. 9551), titled “An Act to Prevent Predatory Marketing Practices Against Minors”

Federal Trade Commission takes first action under US-EU Safe Harbor Privacy Framework

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • USA
  • -
  • September 28 2009

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken its first enforcement action pursuant to the US-EU Safe Harbor Privacy Framework (Safe Harbor

Penal Code amendments passed for high-tech crimes

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Vietnam
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  • September 30 2009

In recent months, Vietnam has been hit with a new type of SMS scam and has also experienced an increase in the spread of computer viruses, affecting individuals and the operations of corporations and government agencies alike

Court decision on means of evidencing software licences

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Brazil
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  • September 30 2009

On 25 August 2009, the Superior Court of Justice in Brazil decided that written software licence agreements and fiscal documents are not the only admissible means of evidence to prove that the end-user has obtained a valid licence to use software programs

Court decision on use of pirated software

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Brazil
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  • October 7 2009

On 25 August 2009, the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice ordered a company from the State of Paraná to pay indemnification corresponding to ten times the price of each copy of a software program that the company was using without a licence

Court finds that use of single-factor password identification to secure online accounts may create negligence liability

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • USA
  • -
  • September 28 2009

On 21 August 2009, in the case of Shames-Yeakel v. Citizens Financial Bank, No. 07 C 5387 (N.D. Ill.), the Northern District of Illinois denied, in part, a bank’s motion for summary judgment regarding its customers’ claims that they were damaged because of the bank’s negligent use of single-factor password authentication for online transactions

New HIPAA security breach notification rules require immediate action

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • USA
  • -
  • September 25 2009

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act ("HITECH Act"), enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, made some significant changes to the privacy and security rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA"

Italy launches a national framework program for research and innovation in line with the EU

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • European Union, Italy
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  • April 15 2013

On March 19, 2013, the Minister of Education, University and Research presented "Horizon 2020 Italy", a framework strategy to enhance research and

CNIL issues recommendations on personal data processing resulting from American legal discovery proceedings

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
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  • October 12 2009

The CNIL has issued practical guidelines on ways to comply with the principles of legitimate data processing, relevant data, proportionality, limited storage, clear information of the data subjects, respect of their rights of access, and protection of international data flows in the context of discovery proceedings involving French companies pursuant to the decision of a US authority

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