In Federal Trade Commission v. Wyndham Worldwide Corp., et al., No. 13-cv-01887-ES-JAD (D.N.J. Apr. 7, 2014), Judge Esther Salas of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey denied Wyndham’s request for dismissal of the FTC’s lawsuit against the hotel resort chain as a result of getting hacked.* Wyndham had challenged the FTC’s […]
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Retail Breaches: Investigating Payment Card Breaches
“Challenges in Conducting Breach Investigations: Part 2,” was published in April 2013 by Law360, however, given the recent spate of retail breaches involving payment cards, it is highly relevant to entities experiencing these types of incidents. The article describes some of the challenges to conducting breach investigations in response to increasingly sophisticated attacks. In particular, […]
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 […]
California Privacy Ballot Initiative Moves Forward: Act Would Amend California Constitution to Set Standards for Collection and Protection of Personally Identifying Information, including Financial and/or Health Information
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen has allowed signature collection to commence for a ballot initiative, named the Personal Privacy Protection Act, that could drastically alter the California privacy regime. The initiative, led by former state Senator Steve Peace and retired attorney Michael Thorsnes, seeks to amend the California Constitution to define personally identifiable information […]
Update: California Governor Brown Signs into Law A.B. 370, “Do Not Track Disclosure Law”
On September 27, 2013, California Governor Brown signed into law A.B. 370, amending the California Online Protection Act (CalOPPA) to require two new privacy policy disclosures for websites and online services regarding behavioral tracking. California Assembly member Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance), who introduced A.B. 370, released a statement in which he said the amended law “will protect […]