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The Washington Post Author describes the users’ data collected by Google and the tools it uses to gather this information. The document is available at http://www.washingtonpost…   Follow us on& Like us on   

Contrary to what is happening in Europe, on November 13, 2014, San Francisco Superior Court ruled – once again – in favor of Google’s right to freely order its search results. In June 2014, the owner of the website CoastNews argued that Google monopolized the search engine business and violated antitrust law. According to the […]

AAA say the voluntary Consumer Privacy Protection Principles adopted by several automakers (such as BMW, Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Mazda, Mercedes–Benz, Mitsubishi, Porsche, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Volvo) may fail to protect users’ privacy. According to AAA President and chief operating officer Marshall Doney “AAA is encouraged that automakers are taking a first step to address […]

On November 12, 2014, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and the Association of Global Automakers issued the Consumer Privacy Protection Principles for vehicle technologies and services. The Principles apply to the collection, use, and sharing of personal information in association with vehicles’ technologies and services available on cars and light trucks sold or leased to […]

Pew Research Center Internet Project issued a report measuring Americans privacy perception. According to the study, the majority of adults interviewed “feel that their privacy is being challenged along such core dimensions as the security of their personal information and their ability to retain confidentiality”. “Just 24% of adults “agree” or “strongly agree” with the […]

  At the end of October 2014 Google updated its report How Google Fights Piracy report, which explains how the company combats piracy across the web. The report explains how pirate sites are removed from search results. Some authors, however, question the role that Google has taken by becoming “something of an unquestionable judge, distributing […]

U.S. Federal Communications Commission said the agency “must take the time” to set the rules on net neutrality. Wheeler answered to the President call for a free and open Internet by stating “The more deeply we examined the issues around the various legal options, the more it has become plain that there is more work to […]

A defense attorney has been sanctioned close to $1 million for allowing a defense expert to make a prohibited reference to smoking that resulted in a mistrial in a lung cancer-related medical malpractice case. Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge imposed the sanction for failing to instruct medical expert not to mention deceased plaintiff’s smoking […]

According to the President, free and open Internet is as critical to Americans’ lives as electricity and telephone service. The Federal Communication Commission should protect consumers by regulating it as a public utility. Broadband companies should not be allowed to block or intentionally slow down certain websites or to force content providers to pay to […]

The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) believes that the current EU system for the lawyers’ market allows for an easy cross-border mobility for lawyers, notwithstanding the wide diversity of legal systems among the Member States. The EU Directives specifically applicable to lawyers — i.e. Directive 77/249 on provision of Services and […]