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Update on: Federal Trade Commission v. Wyndham Worldwide Corporation et al, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, case no. 13-cv-1887 On December 9, 2015, Wyndham agreed to settle FTC charges that the company “failed to provide reasonable and appropriate security for the personal information [it] collected” (here). According to the settlement agreement, […]

On December 15, 2015, the EU Commission announced that it found an agreement with the EU Council and the Parliament, following the trilogue meetings. Věra Jourová, Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality said, ” Citizens and businesses will profit from clear rules that are fit for the digital age, that give strong protection and […]

On December 2, 2015, Shaun Donovan, Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, spoke to an audience of privacy professionals at the Federal Privacy Summit. Director Donovan recognized the importance for the Government to continuously maintain its efforts to protect citizens’ privacy. Donovan announced “plans to establish a new Federal Privacy Council, […]

  For the first time, EU institutions agreed that companies providing essential services must be cyberattack-proof. Critical operators in crucial sectors such as transport and energy companies will have to ensure that the digital infrastructure that they use to deliver essential services, such as traffic control or electricity grid management, is robust enough to withstand […]

In an Order dated October 15, 2015, a U.S. Magistrate Judge in the N.D. of California granted the motion of a putative class of plaintiffs requiring Facebook to produce information in response to interrogatories and a 30(b)(6) deposition notice. The plaintiffs allege that Facebook has violated the federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act and California privacy […]

Privacy Laws & Business reports (here) that Věra Jourová, the European Commissioner for Justice, expects teh EU institutions to arrive at an agreement on the EU Data Protection Regulation in the next two weeks, before the end of 2015.  More on the EU trilogue negotiation is available at http://www.technethics.com… For more information, Francesca Giannoni-Crystal Follow […]

North Carolina State Bar 2015 Formal Ethics Opinion 6 October 23, 2015 Topic: Lawyer’s Professional Responsibility When Third Party Steals Funds from Trust Account From the opinion: “Opinion rules that when funds are stolen from a lawyer’s trust account by a third party who is not employed or supervised by the lawyer, and the lawyer […]

On November 9, 2015, the D.C. District Court filed an order barring the US government from collecting, as part of the NSA’s Bulk Telephony Metadata Program, any metadata associated with a California lawyer and his law firm. Klayman v. Obama.  However, on November 10, 2015, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ordered […]

On November 4, 2015, the House of Commons introduced a draft titled “Investigatory Powers Bill”. The Bill would govern the use of investigatory powers by law enforcement and security and intelligence agencies to access UK citizens’ internet data use. Among other provisions, the Bill would oblige service providers to help intercept data if there was a […]

On December 1, 2015, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Bill H.R. 699, introduced in February 2015. The “Email Privacy Act” would reform the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). The Bill would amend the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 prohibiting, save exceptions, a “provider of remote computing service or electronic communication service […]