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If software isn't "tangible," then how did we write this?
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- November 6 2010
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled last month in Ferrington v. McAfee that computer software is not a “tangible chattel” and so is not covered under the California Consumers Legal Remedies Act, which prohibits “unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices undertaken by any person in a transaction intended to result or which results in the sale or lease of goods or services to any consumer."
The crazy mixed up world of CFAA litigation
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- November 27 2010
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is a useful tool for going after hackers or disloyal former employees who access a company's computer and make off with proprietary information or something else of value
The green eyeshade approach to privacy
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- April 2 2011
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) have released a guide to help organizations determine whether their privacy standards meet the Generally Accepted Privacy Principles of the accounting institutes
Administration extends time for comment on plan for privacy codes of conduct
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- March 24 2012
The Department of Commerce announced on March 21 that it was extending the period for public comment on the Administration’s plan to establish legally enforceable industry codes of conduct to implement its proposed “Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights.”
Canadians share their favorite spam recipe
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- Canada
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- October 20 2012
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) released guidance earlier this month on what businesses must do to comply with Canada’s stringent anti-spam law, which is expected to go into effect next year
Rip for the ZIP code in California?
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- March 5 2011
The California Supreme Court held, in Pineda v. Williams-Sonoma Stores, Inc., that the state's Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971 ("the Act") prohibits retailers from requesting and recording a customer's ZIP code in connection with a credit card transaction
Hacked card processor avoids lawsuit
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- March 16 2013
A federal magistrate in the Northern District of Georgia has recommended the dismissal of a class action arising out of the breach of a credit card
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