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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

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

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

Who owns your email, anyway?

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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December 15 2012

A federal district court in Arkansas has held that the federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) does not completely preempt state law claims

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

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

Court deals double whammy to government on email searches

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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October 6 2012

A federal magistrate in Kansas has ruled in In the Matter of Applications for Search Warrants for Information Associated With Target Email Address that the government must use a search warrant to obtain any stored electronic communications, contrary to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act

Bank's "commercially unreasonable" security practices to blame for cyber theft

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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July 21 2012

The First Circuit earlier this month held that a bank could be liable for the theft of nearly $600,000 from a company’s bank account because the bank’s online security systems were not “commercially reasonable” under the Uniform Commercial Code

Netflix settles suit over retention of personal information

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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July 19 2012

A federal judge has granted preliminary approval in In Re: Netflix Privacy Litigation to the proposed settlement of a class action suit alleging that Netflix violated the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”) by unlawfully retaining and disclosing the viewing histories and personal information of thousands of its customers