On May 9, 2014, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) announced that American Apparel, Inc. (“American Apparel”) agreed to settle FTC charges that American Apparel falsely claimed it was compliant with the U.S.-European Union Safe Harbor (the “US-EU Safe Harbor Framework”). The FTC’s complaint alleged that American Apparel, a clothing manufacturer and retailer with more than 200 […]
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U.S. Court Requires Microsoft to Produce Data Stored in Ireland Pursuant to SCA Search Warrant
On April 25, a federal magistrate judge ruled that Microsoft must disclose to U.S. federal investigators the contents of a customer’s email account stored outside of the United States. Microsoft had previously complied with portions of a search warrant seeking certain other information related to the targeted email account, but the company moved to quash the […]
Northern District of California to Decide in the In re Hulu Privacy Litigation Whether Disclosing Anonymized Data to a Web Analytics Company and Use of the Facebook “Like” Button Violate the Video Privacy Protection Act
Any company that has a website that (a) contains videos, (b) uses a third-party analytics company to maintain metrics on page views and/or (c) allows users to “like” videos on the site should pay very close attention to the In re Hulu Privacy Litigation pending in the United States District Court of Northern California. In […]
U.S. Senate Banking and Judiciary Committees to Hold Hearings Examining Data Security Breaches, Identity Theft, and the Safeguarding of Consumers’ Financial Data
The U.S. Senate Committees on Banking and the Judiciary will each host hearings during the week of February 3, 2014, to examine the impact on consumers from recently reported data security breaches and what measures may be taken to protect sensitive information of consumers, including customer financial information, from criminal acquisition and misuse. Consistent with […]
Privacy Partners Paul Martino and Dominique Shelton Author Law360 Article on Proposed California Guidance for Do-Not-Track Disclosures
Today, Paul Martino and Dominique Shelton, partners in Alston and Bird’s Privacy and Security practice and respective members of the firm’s Legislative & Public Policy and Litigation and Trial Practice groups, co-authored the Law360 article, “Inside Calif.’s Proposed Guidance For Do-Not-Track Law.” In the article, Martino and Shelton address the potential impact of the meeting held for interested […]