California, economic, followers, Fox News, Kravitz, Phonedog, social media, trade secrets, twitter, value
Twitter Followers = Trade Secrets?
By InfoLawGroup LLP on January 06, 2012
Phonedog v. Kravitz, currently pending in the Northern District of California, raises unprecedented issues regarding social media. Is a list of Twitter followers protected as trade secret under California law? What is the value of a Twitter follower? $2.50 per month? I discussed these questions today with Fox News.
Upcoming ILG Speaking Engagements (01.01.12 -- 03.31.12)
By InfoLawGroup LLP on January 05, 2012
children's online privacy protection act, COPPA, data protection, Directive, gottshall, InfoLawGroup, information law group, mobile privacy, OBA, privacy, tracking
Privacy Hot Topics for 2012
By Justine Young Gottshall on January 03, 2012
As 2011 is coming to a close, many of us are thinking about what 2012 will bring. With regard to privacy, there are numerous key issues to choose from (and I am sure many privacy professionals would add to this list) - but from a corporate compliance standpoint, here are my top five picks for hot topics to address in 2012:
Infosec, privacy
A Handful of 2012 Privacy & Security Predictions
By InfoLawGroup LLP on January 01, 2012
Facial, Facial recognition, FTC, privacy, recognition
FTC Seeks Public Comments on Facial Recognition Technology
By InfoLawGroup LLP on December 26, 2011
Cloud
Contracting for Cloud Computing Services
By InfoLawGroup LLP on December 21, 2011
social media
InfoLawGroup and ACE USA Social Media Risk Podcast
By InfoLawGroup LLP on December 16, 2011
InfoLawGroup Senior Counsel To Brief Risk Management Executives
By InfoLawGroup LLP on December 12, 2011
Do Not Track, Do Not Track W3C, FTC, W3C
W3C Publishes Draft "Do-Not-Track" Standards
By InfoLawGroup LLP on November 18, 2011
aggregation, data, Fourth Amendment, GPS, Jones, location, reasonable expectation of privacy, Supreme Court, surveillance
Location, Location, Location
By InfoLawGroup LLP on November 15, 2011
Tanya Forsheit recently appeared on Fox to discuss the Supreme Court's evaluation of GPS surveillance under the Fourth Amendment in US v. Jones. The case raises important issues regarding technology, aggregation of data, and privacy expectations with respect to location information.
advertising, marketing, Media, promotions, social networking
Google+ Pages Allow Linking, but Not Hosting Promotions
By Heather Nolan on November 14, 2011
advertising, events, Heather Nolan, Jamie Rubin, marketing, promotions
33rd Annual PMA Marketing Law Conference
By Heather Nolan on November 14, 2011
behavorial advertising, DAA, FTC, Harell, infolawroup, information law group, OBA, privacy
Digital Advertising Alliance Releases Principles for Multi-Site Data
By InfoLawGroup LLP on November 10, 2011
flash cookies, FTC Act, InfoLawGroup, information law group, privacy, privacy enforcement, scanscout, Section 5, Segalis
FTC Takes on Super Cookies
By InfoLawGroup LLP on November 09, 2011
Breach, cyber security, guidance, incident response, notification, SEC
"I'll Be Watching You"
By InfoLawGroup LLP on November 07, 2011
Boris, data, enforcement, Facebook, InfoLawGroup, information law group, National Labor Relations Act, National Labor Relations Board, NLRA, NLRB, privacy, protection, Segalis, social media, workplace privacy
NLRB Holds "Facebook" Firing Justified on Alternative Grounds, but Finds Policy Unlawful
By InfoLawGroup LLP on November 03, 2011
As we have discussed on our blog, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has continued a campaign of enforcement actions against employers who, according to the NLRB, have unlawfully terminated employees for discussing working conditions on social media. As we reported, in the first of such "Facebook" enforcement actions to come before an NLRB administrative judge, the employer was ordered to reinstate five employees and to pay back their wages.On September 28, 2011, in the second "Facebook" case to reach an NLRB administrative judge, an employer was found to have been justified in terminating an employee car salesman for Facebook postings that mocked the employer and did not concern working conditions
ediscovery, New York State Bar Association, Richard Santalesa New York State Bar Association
NYSBA Releases E-Discovery Best Practices Guidelines
By InfoLawGroup LLP on November 01, 2011
Breach, cyber security, Navetta
Is Your Company Prepared for Cyber Risk?
By InfoLawGroup LLP on October 31, 2011
Cloud, contract, liability, outsourcing
David Navetta Talks About Service Provider Liability
By InfoLawGroup LLP on October 31, 2011
damages, data breach, Hannaford, motion to dismiss Hannaford data breach payment card PCI DSS, payment card, PCI DSS
Federal Appeals Court Holds Identity Theft Insurance/Credit Monitoring Costs Constitute "Damages" in Hannaford Breach Case
By InfoLawGroup LLP on October 24, 2011
In a significant development that could materially increase the liability risk associated with payment card security breaches (and personal data security breaches, in general), the U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit (the "Court of Appeals") held that payment card replacement fees and identity theft insurance/credit monitoring costs are adequately alleged as mitigation damages for purposes of negligence and an implied breach of contract claim. The decision in Hannaford could be a game changer in terms of the legal risk environment related to personal data breaches, and especially payment card breaches where fraud has been perpetrated. In this post, we summarize the key issues and holdings of the Court of Appeals.
