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January 16, 2015: “We would like to keep you informed on progress of the amendments to the Federal Law № 242-FZ introducing amendments to the Federal Law “On personal data” and to the Federal Law “On information, information technologies and protection of information” (hereinafter – the “Law”) that has been adopted earlier on July 21, […]

After a Pennsylvania attorney was sanctioned close to $1 million, opponents filed a writ of execution in an effort to obtain business bank accounts and personal assets from the sanctioned lawyer. As reported here, the attorney was sanctioned for allowing a defense expert to make a prohibited reference to smoking. The ABAJournal and The Legal […]

Starting from December 15, 2014, the new Ethics Code for lawyers is in force in Italy. The new Ethics Code was published in Official Journal no. 241 on October 16, 2014. It enacts the provisions contained in Professional Law no. 247/2012. For the first time the Ethics Code is explicitly based on an ordinary law thus solving […]

New Jersey Bill no. 562 requires health insurers in the state to encrypt personal information stored in their system. Insurance carriers shall not maintain computerized records that include personal information, “unless that information is secured by encryption or by any other method or technology”. The requirement is stronger than what’s included in HIPAA, which considers encryption […]

On January 13, 2015, President Obama announced a New Cybersecurity Legislative Proposal and other cybersecurity efforts. The proposal – which the Congress will evaluate – increases the prosecution of cybercrimes and toughen penalties for them. It also encourages cybersecurity information sharing and proposes one federal statute for data breach reporting. More information available at http://www.whitehouse… […]

On November 12, 2014, the French data protection agency (“CNIL”) issued a new compliance pack (pack de conformité) for the insurance sector. The compliance pack is a new tool that the CNIL developed to aid professionals working in the insurance field in the application of the French data protection law. The pack de conformité is […]

On December 22, 2014, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law released Digital Peepholes, a report documenting the risks of remote activation of webcams and proposing policy solutions. According to the report: Everyone is vulnerable to being spied on through their webcams. The FBI has asked that federal laws be changed so that law enforcement can use […]

On July 10, 2014, the Italian Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) issued a resolution to protect the privacy of Google’s services users in Italy. According to the decision, Google may not process users’ data for profiling without the subjects’ prior consent; furthermore, Google shall specifically inform the users that it is profiling them for marketing purposes. The […]

In 2012 the Washington Supreme Court adopted the Limited License Legal Technician (LLLT) Rule which authorizes a new legal professional who meets certain educational requirements to advise and assist clients in approved practice areas of law. The LLLT Board will begin licensing in Spring 2015. These nonlawyers will be licensed by the state to provide legal […]

On December 31, 2014, the FTC approved a final order settling charges that Snapchat – a popular mobile messaging application – deceived consumers over the amount of personal data it collected and the security measures taken to protect data from misuse and unauthorized disclosure. The final order prohibits Snapchat  from misrepresenting the extent to which it […]