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Facebook settles consumer privacy complaint with the FTC

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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August 16 2012

The FTC announced it has accepted a final settlement and consent agreement with Facebook

Mobile app maker settles New Jersey COPPA lawsuit

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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July 13 2012

Mobile app developer 24x7digital LLC, along with two of its officers, settled alleged violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) and the FTC’s COPPA Rule

Facebook apps will need privacy policies

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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July 9 2012

California's Attorney General, Kamala Harris, has announced that Facebook signed on to the Joint Statement of Principles about privacy policies and mobile apps

Self-regulatory program issues seven OBA decisions

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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June 5 2012

The Digital Advertising Alliance's Self-Regulatory Program for Online Behavioral Advertising includes an enforcement arm, the Online Interest-Based Advertising Accountability Program (OIAAP

Amended class action lawsuit against Facebook seeks $1.5 trillion

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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June 1 2012

Plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against Facebook recently filed an amended complaint seeking $1.5 trillion in statutory damages under the Wiretap Act, as well as additional statutory and actual damages under the Stored Communications Act, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and California state law

MySpace settles FTC charges of sharing information with advertisers

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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May 9 2012

The MySpace privacy policy indicates, according to the FTC, that a users’ personally identifiable information will not be shared for purposes inconsistent with the reasons why it was submitted

Social media

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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April 26 2012

The NLRB Office of General Counsel issued a second report addressing social media because it recognizes social media usage continues to be a “hot topic” on which “practitioners, human resource professional, the media, and the public” need legal guidance

Preservation and spoliation

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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April 26 2012

Courts continue to address the extent to which parties are required to preserve electronically stored data, including information created and shared using social media, and the appropriate sanctions to impose when a party spoliates evidence

Mobile application makers accused of harvesting address book data

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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March 30 2012

A complaint filed recently in Texas accuses many well-known mobile application makers (like Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, and many others) of surreptitiously taking users' address book data

Class action suits allege violations of California's "Shine the Light" law

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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March 15 2012

Several companies were sued at the end of last year for violations of California's "Shine the Light" law, which requires companies to take certain notification steps if sharing personal information with third parties for those third parties' advertising purposes

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