On September 18, 2014, the Article 29 Working Party (the “WP29”) issued a press release, announcing that the European data protection authorities agreed on a common “tool-box” approach to handling complaints lodged due to search engines’ refusal to remove complainant’s entries from their search results. In a landmark ruling on May 13, 2014, the Court […]
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CDD Urges FTC to Investigate 30 Companies for Alleged Safe Harbor Violations
The Center for Digital Democracy (“CDD”), a private consumer privacy advocate, recently filed a complaint and “request for investigation” before the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) accusing 30 U.S. companies of violating provisions of the Safe Harbor framework. The 118-page complaint, filed August 14th, urges the FTC to take legal action against the companies, including Adobe […]
District Judge Upholds Decision Requiring Microsoft to Provide Irish Data to U.S. Investigators
On July 31, Federal District Judge Loretta A. Preska (Southern District of New York) upheld the decision of a magistrate judge requiring Microsoft to turn over the contents of customer email stored in Ireland to U.S. investigators. The magistrate’s April decision was previously discussed on this blog. Federal investigators had obtained a warrant for the email […]
American Apparel Settles FTC Charge on Falsely Claiming Compliance with Safe Harbor Privacy Framework
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 […]
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. […]