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Autonomous delivery robots will be legal on Virginia sidewalks starting July 1, with approval from local city councils. Sen. Bill DeSteph introduced SB 1207 in the Virginia Senate. An identical bill, HB 2016, was introduced in the House by Del. Ron Villanueva. On June 1, 2017, Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed the bill into legislation. See here. and SB […]

  December 19, 2016, the Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued an order accepting a recommendation from the State’s Disciplinary Board to suspend an attorney for one year and one day for engaging in unauthorized practice of law. Among other counts, the Respondent allegedly maintained a LinkedIn profile representing to […]

On June 6, 2017, the Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA), the Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali, issued the annual report on its activity for 2016. The DPA’s activity concentrated on computer crimes and cyber security; online profiling and social media; cyberbullying; fight against terrorism and mass surveillance; Big Data; use of new technologies […]

On June 5, 2017, the Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari to review the decision by the Sixth Circuit holding that the protection granted under the Fourth Amendment did not prevent the government to access business records from the defendants’ wireless carriers revealing the user’s location without obtaining a warrant. In Carpenter v. United States […]

  On May 11, 2017, the Spanish Data Protection Agency (DPA), the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD) and ISMS Forum Spain, a not for profit, published a Big Data privacy code of conduct, the Código de buenas prácticas en protección de datos para proyectos de Big Data.   The Code refers to Regulation […]

  On April 28, 2017, the Deutscher Bundestag, the German Parliament adopted the Federal Data Protection Act (Datenschutz-Anpassungs- und -Umsetzungsgesetz EU – DSANPUG-EU). The Act implements in Germany the provisions of Regulation 2016/679, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) . The Federal Council shall now approve the law, which will enter into force at the same […]

  The Information Commissioner Officer (ICO) published a guide discussing the use of encryption. The guide provides a range of practical scenarios highlighting “when and where different encryption strategies can help provide a greater level of protection.” Overview of the Guide: Encryption protects information stored on mobile and static devices and in transmission. It is a […]

  On April 27, 2017, the Nebraska Supreme Court ordered the suspension of an attorney from the practice of law for a period of 90 days followed by 1 year’s monitored probation. The Counsel for Discipline of the Nebraska Supreme Court filed formal charges against the attorney. According to the charges, the attorney had taken […]

  The Information Commissioner Officer (ICO) published the data sharing code of practice. The document is a statutory code, issued by the under section 52 of the Data Protection Act (meaning that the code  has been approved by the Secretary of State laid before Parliament). It is not an authoritative statement of the law but […]

On April 4, 2017, New York Court of Appeals ruled that it does not have authority to hear Facebook’s appeals against motions to quash search warrants issued under the Stored Communications Act (SCA). By way of background. Facebook appealed a September 17, 2013 New York County trial court’s sealed order containing bulk SCA search warrants directing […]