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Mobile Apps in the Spotlight during Upcoming GPEN International Privacy Sweep

May 8, 2014 By Maki DePalo

On May 6, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (the “Commissioner”) announced mobile apps as the Global Privacy Enforcement Network’s (“GPEN’s”) focus area during the upcoming International Privacy Sweep (the “Sweep”). The Sweep will be held from May 12 to 18, 2014, involving 27 privacy enforcement authorities from around the world. The news […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, Enforcement, International, Mobile Privacy, Privacy Tagged With: Cross-border, Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

LabMD Wins Discovery Disputes Against FTC; FTC Compelled to Disclose Data Security Standards

May 7, 2014 By Privacy & Data Security Team

In the latest chapter of the ongoing battle between the FTC and LabMD, Inc. (“LabMD”) about the FTC’s claim that LabMD violated the FTC Act’s Section 5 bar on “unfair” acts or practices because of its allegedly inadequate data security practices, an administrative law judge overseeing the FTC’s administrative action against LabMD recently issued two […]

Filed Under: Data Security, Enforcement, Legislation Tagged With: Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

A&B LA Office to Host Exclusive Privacy Briefing with the California Attorney General’s Office

May 2, 2014 By Privacy & Data Security Team

Alston & Bird is hosting an exclusive privacy briefing with Jeffrey Rabkin, Special Assistant Attorney General for Law and Technology from the California Attorney General’s Office – Privacy Enforcement Unit on the evening of May 13.  LA office Partner-in-Charge Tom Wingard will introduce Mr. Rabkin and Partner Dominique Shelton will conduct a Q&A session.  California has emerged as one of […]

Filed Under: Enforcement, Events, Privacy

LabMD’s Federal Court Actions Against the FTC Dismissed

February 28, 2014 By Privacy & Data Security Team

LabMD is back in the news. This time, however, it’s not the FTC’s administrative action against LabMD that’s making headlines. (For information about the administrative action, please see our prior posts here and here.) Instead, LabMD’s federal court actions against the FTC – one in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and […]

Filed Under: Data Security, Enforcement, Legislation Tagged With: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Health Information Security

FTC Denies LabMD’s Motion to Dismiss

February 20, 2014 By Privacy & Data Security Team

The FTC – in a decision that should surprise no one – refused to dismiss its administrative complaint (“Complaint”) against LabMD. This case – like the FTC’s case against Wyndham Worldwide – illustrates the continuing fight regarding the scope of the FTC’s power for regulate inadequate data security practices. In particular, this decision is important because it […]

Filed Under: Data Security, Enforcement Tagged With: Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

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