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 […]
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Mobile Apps in the Spotlight during Upcoming GPEN International Privacy Sweep
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 […]
Kim Peretti to Speak at Georgetown Law’s Cybersecurity Law Institute
Kim Peretti, co-chair of the firm’s Security Incident Management & Response Team, will be a featured speaker during the second annual Cybersecurity Law Institute sponsored by the Georgetown University Law Center. Cybersecurity continues to stay in the news in 2014 as the White House calls for a “Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights” for the digital age. What […]
Jim Harvey Speaking at the 2014 IAPP Global Privacy Summit
Jim Harvey, co-chair of the firm’s Privacy & Data Security practice and the Security Incident Management and Response Team, will participate as a presenter at the 2014 IAPP Global Privacy Summit, March 5-7. The IAPP Summit, one of the largest in the world, hosts privacy and security professionals to focus on a range of privacy-related topics. […]
FTC Settles With Children’s Entertainment Company Over Safe Harbor Lapse
February 11, 2014 – The FTC today announced a proposed settlement with Fantage.com Inc., a children’s online entertainment company that allegedly misrepresented its adherence to the U.S.-European Union Safe Harbor Framework (the “Framework”). According to the FTC’s complaint, Fantage made statements in the privacy policy its website that it followed the privacy principles of the Framework, when […]