Nathan M. Crystal & Francesca Giannoni-Crystal, Reconciling US and EU approaches to cloud contracts, 22 PL&B International, October 2014, Issue 131, www.privacylaws.com Read the article For information: Francesca Giannoni-Crystal Follow us on& Like us on
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari to hear a decision from the Ninth Circuit that struck down a 2008 ordinance of the city of Los Angeles requiring that hotel guest records “be made available to any officer of the Los Angeles Police Department for inspection.” Patel v. City of Los Angeles. The ordinance requires hotels to […]
The recent decision of the European Court of Justice in Google Spain SL v Agencia Española de Protección de Datos is a good opportunity to compare the obligation of search engines with reference to the search results in Europe and United States. The ruling of May 13, 2014, holds that all European citizens have a […]
Ellis v. The Cartoon Network, Inc., CIVIL ACTION FILE NO. 1:14-CV-484-TWT., 2014 BL 283139 (N.D. Ga. Oct. 08, 2014) On October 8, 2014, the Northern District Court of Georgia dismissed a class action brought for violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”) concluding that a mobile device identifier does not constitute personally identifiable information. […]
On October 8, 2014, TD Bank agreed to pay $850,000 and enhance data security safeguards after an investigation by nine state attorneys general because of a data breach. In 2012 the attorneys started the investigation after a locked bag containing two Backup Tapes with personal information of the banks customers went missing. The conduct allegedly […]
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. […]
“Critics say search engine should have disabled searches to stolen celebrity nude photos faster” Article describes how lawyers, acting on behalf of victims of the recent celebrity hacking threatened lawsuits against Google for not disabling searches for the hacked material quickly enough. The full text is available at http://www.cbc…
On September 25, 2014, the NY Appellate Division of the Supreme Court denied the New York County District Attorney motion to dismiss Facebook’s appeal of In re search 381 search warrants directed to Facebook and dated July 23, 2013. In July 2013, a trial court issued bulk search warrants directing Facebook to produce virtually all records and communications […]
Chapter 22.2, Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code On September 29, 2014, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill to protect students in the digital age. Online sites, services, and applications developed for k-12 school purposes must (i) safeguard student personal information; (ii) ensure that the third party applications they make […]
Author describes the debate over online privacy. From the article: “Don’t count on government to censor information about you online.” The full text is available at: http://online.wsj…