On May 5, 2015, Myrna Arias filed a complaint with a California Superior Court against her former employment for invasion of her privacy. Arias v. Intermex Wiretransfer, LLC Allegedly, the employer asked the employee to download an application that would monitor the employees’ movements also 24/7, even when off duty. Plaintiff had no issues being monitored […]
Authors discusses how cross-device tracking raises privacy issues drawing increased attention from regulators. The full text is available at http://www.cookielaw.org/
On May 13, 2015, the House of Representatives passed Bill H.R.2048, the USA FREEDOM Act of 2015, with 338 to 88 votes. The Bill would amend the investigative and surveillance authority of the United States government. The bill would modify the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to prohibit bulk collection of records under Section 215 of […]
On May 7, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit found that the controversial surveillance program according to which the National Security Agency (NSA) has been collecting Americans’ phone records is not authorized under the USA Patriot Act. ACLU v. Clapper, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 7531. In particular, the court held that the […]
The authors discuss ACLU v. Clapper and the laws concerning the government’s collection of sensitive information. The full text is available at https://www.aclu.org…
On April 28, 2015, several major tech companies (e.g., Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo) together with some national associations (e.g., Transatlantic Business Council and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce) sent a letter to Chttp://www.technethics.com/ongress urging it to support the bipartisan Judicial Redress Act of 2015, H.R. 1428, which would extend Privacy Act remedies to citizens of […]
The authors discuss the future of Section 215 of the Patriot Act and its possible reforms. The authors argue that the best way to begin the reform effort might be letting Section 215 expire. The full text is available at https://www.aclu.org…
On April 22 and 23, 2015, the House of Representatives passed, with strong bipartisan support, two bills on cybersecurity, the “Protecting Cyber Networks Act” (H.R. 1560) and the “National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015” (H.R. 1731). H.R. 1560 was passed by the House on April 22, 2015, with 307-116 votes. According to the House’s […]
Texas Ethic Opinion 648 Professional Ethics Committee for the State Bar of Texas Topic: Communication of confidential information by email Conclusion of the Committee: “Under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, and considering the present state of technology and email usage, a lawyer may generally communicate confidential information by email. Some circumstances, […]
An interesting article published by Bloomberg/BNA discusses law firms’ data security practices. The author mentions the law firms’ high risk for cyberintrusions, as recently discussed in a New York Times article. The author also mentions the data security issues arising from the production of confidential client information in the discovery phase of a civil lawsuit. […]