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On October 15, 2014, data protection officials at the 36th International Conference Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners adopted a declaration on the Internet of things (“IoT”) and a resolution on big data. The IoT declaration highlights how connected devices have become part of our lives and can reveal intimate details about habits and preferences. According […]

Facebook sent a letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) asking the agency to take all necessary steps to prevent unauthorized use of Facebook’s accounts by the latter. Facebook’s policy expressly prohibits the creation and use of fake accounts. The company clarified that law enforcement authorities are subject to the same policies applying to individuals. […]

On July 17, 2014, New York (New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) published the first draft of the BitLicense regulatory framework for virtual currency companies. See news.  The framework will be revised based on the feedback received and finalized possibly by late 2014 or early 2015. See news. The original 45-day notice and […]

United States of America v. Zhyltsou, No. 13-803-cr (2d Cir. Oct. 3, 2014) In United States of America v. Zhyltsou, the court addressed the issue of electronic evidences authentication. The Court of Appeals vacated the judgment of the district court that admitted evidence from a social media page without sufficient proof of its authenticity. According […]

The Corte Supreme di Cassazione (The Italian court of last instance) made available on line the judgments of the last five years. The Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) suggests that this publication – which includes also the name of parties and third parties involved in the litigation-  could violate the privacy of these parties and […]

The Pennsylvania Bar Association issued a formal opinion on attorneys using Social Media. More information on Pennsylvania Bar Association Formal Opinion 2014-300 available here Follow us on& Like us on   

Mr. Antonello Soro, President of the Italian data Protection Authority, warns against the privacy risk of trails by media: “Trials today seem to happen more in the newspapers and in the internet than in courtrooms, which has effect that we should reflect more about. It is a conquest of modern times having made trial public […]

    Listen to the streaming of the presentation that Judge John Facciola ( http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/dcd/facciola) gave at the University of Florida on October 6, 2014: http://mediasite.video.ufl.edu/Mediasite/Play/3e0ad938a017435db4f9f5cf4b5f2f3e1d

European Court of Justice — Joined cases C-141/12 and C-372/12, Judgment of 17 July 2014 Topic Data Protection – Directive 95/46/EC and definition of personal data The European Court of Justice provided further directions on the definition of personal data for the purposes of EU law. The ECJ ruled that the legal analysis contained in […]

Noel B. v. Anna Maria A., Docket No. F-00787-13/14B (N.Y. Fam. Ct. Sept. 12, 2014) After Petitioner’s effort to serve action to Respondent’s physical address failed, a New York family court Judge authorized substituted service of process via Facebook social networking service. According to the decision, Petitioner was unable to serve an action seeking to […]