The Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a data breach class action for failing to sufficiently allege an injury to support standing. By way of background. Plaintiff made purchases via credit card at a Michaels store. Later on, Michaels issued a press release saying that there had been a possible data breach of its […]
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The National Conference of State Legislatures collected all state laws regulating unsolicited electronic mail advertising. You can find it at this web page For more information on commercial or fraudulent electronic mail, Francesca Giannoni-Crystal Follow us on& Like us on
On May 11, 2017, the Administration Trump issued an executive order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure. The executive order contains three sections. The first section deals with cybersecurity of federal networks. Agencies shall implement the NIST framework for risk management and risk reduction, federal IT for shared services shall use the […]
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The SC Bar International Law Committee, in conjunction with Trident Technical College, sponsored a free legal clinic for entrepreneurs in North Charleston on Thursday, May 18. The clinic, titled Technology and International Issues for Entrepreneurs, included information on general corporate issues, cybersecurity, cloud computing, websites, social media, contractual clauses to protect entrepreneurs, data protection, data […]
On April 24, 2017, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) released Opinion 6/2017 on the Proposal for a Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications (ePrivacy Regulation Proposal). The EDPS welcomes the Proposal for the Regulation. There is a need of “a specific legal tool to protect the right to private life guaranteed by Article 7 […]
On May 16, 2017, the French, Belgian and Dutch members of the Data Protection Contact Group published the results of their investigations after WhatsApp issued its new privacy policy in August 2015, after joining Facebook. See here. The DPAs all over the world watched the changes closely and several EU authorities initiated national investigations to verify, […]
On May 11, 2017, the Italian Antitrust Authority (Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato “ICA”) found that WhatsApp infringed the Italian Consumer Code. In particular, according to the ICA, WhatsApp forced the users of its service “to accept in full the new Terms of Use, and specifically the provision to share their personal data with Facebook, […]
On December 20, 2016, the Tribunale di Roma held the unauthorized use of a digital signature smart card could nullify an electronically signed agreement. In this case the Plaintiff had denied the digital subscription of an agreement that transferred stock ownership. Since the share transfer agreement was signed electronically, the judge found that the Codice dell’Amministrazione […]
On January 24, 2017, a court of Verona (Italy) relied on the European Court of Justice’s decision in Case C‑264/14 to hold that the transactions in which a traditional currency is exchanged for units of Bitcoins and vice versa are “supply of services for consideration” contracts. Indeed, Bitcoins are given in return for the “payment of a sum equal to the […]
The Italian Data Protection Authority, Garante per la privacy issued Guidelines for the implementation of Regulation EU/2016/679 on Personal Data Protection (GDPR). The DPA suggests some actions that can be carried out right away to comply with the GDPR and provides a general overview of the major innovations introduced by the legislation. The guidelines […]