FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler made remarks on Thursday, June 12 at the American Enterprise Institute where he explained the FCC’s vision of how it will improve the communications sector’s cyber readiness. He announced a “new regulatory paradigm” where the FCC “relies on industry and the market first while preserving other options if that approach is […]
A+B Privacy Team Provides Analysis of California AG Privacy Report: New Best Practices Guidance Applies to all Businesses Collecting Personal Information from California Residents
In follow up to our previous blog, California AG Kamala Harris Issues Privacy Policy Guidance: Making Your Privacy Practices Public Contains Draft Tips for Website and Online Service Privacy Policies, regarding the release of the AG’s report, please see our recently released client advisory providing a detailed analysis of the new privacy guidance: California Attorney General […]
Eleventh Circuit Paves the Way for the FTC’s Administrative Action to Proceed; FTC denies LabMD’s Motion for Summary Decision
Two decisions from last week have provided clarity – at least regarding which tribunal will first decide whether LabMD violated Section 5 – in the ongoing battle between the FTC and LabMD. In the first decision, the Eleventh Circuit refused to stay, pending appellate review, the FTC’s administrative action against LabMD. This decision came on […]
David Keating Quoted by The Associated Press
David Keating, partner in the firm’s Technology and Privacy Group and co-leader of the firm’s Privacy & Data Security practice, was quoted in an article by The Associated Press titled “Europe’s Move to Rein in Google Would Stall in U.S.” The article discusses a recent European Court of Justice ruling that some read to establish a “right to be […]
California AG Kamala Harris Issues Privacy Policy Guidance: Making Your Privacy Practices Public Contains Draft Tips for Website and Online Service Privacy Policies
Today, California Attorney General Kamala Harris released her long-anticipated guidance on privacy policies for companies collecting information from California residents in a report entitled Making Your Privacy Practices Public (the “Report”). While the Report exceeds existing law in many respects, affected companies should take heed to review the report and be familiar with its contents as it […]