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[] To ensure delivery to your mailbox please add domain @lexology.com to your safe senders list [View in Browser]( [Lexology]( [My Account]( | [About]( | [Search Archive (856,013 articles)]( [North America](#northamerica) | [Global](#global) [USA] [North America] Internet & Social Media #top [Apple Accused of Unlawfully Disclosing Users’ iTunes Data]( Goldberg Segalla LLP Drawing on public criticism of Apple Inc.’s (Apple) privacy practices, in a class action complaint filed in the Northern District of California on May… [Privacy Matters: A Website Privacy Policy is Good Governance]( Perlman & Perlman LLP With the massive expansion of the Internet and online collection of personal information, privacy is a real concern these days. Your nonprofit… [Internet of Things - A Fast Forward to the Future]( Hogan Lovells On Monday, April 29th 2019, policy makers and industry representatives from different IoT ‘verticals’ (agriculture, automotive, health, energy… [How Effective Employee Education and Training Combats Phishing Attack Risk]( Blank Rome LLP Despite being one of the oldest types of cyber attacks—dating back to the 1980s—phishing continues to plague businesses of all types as one of the… [CAC Releases Draft Regulation on the Protection of Children’s Personal Information Online]( Covington & Burling LLP On May 31, 2019, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) released the draft Regulation on the Protection of Children’s Personal Information… [Consumer Data and Privacy: Nevada Gets a Jump on Opt-Out Rights]( California Nevada O'Melveny & Myers LLP Following California’s lead, Nevada recently passed Senate Bill 220 (SB 220) and became the second state to give consumers the right to opt out of… [DC Circuit Holds that Section 230 Protects Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo! Against Locksmiths’ Claims but Warns that Immunity Is Not ‘Limitless’]( Arent Fox LLP On June 7, 2019, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit affirmed dismissal of a lawsuit filed against Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo! by fourteen… [Corporate TIPS: Ransomware Attacks: Protections Against the Greatest Online Threat for Business]( Brouse McDowell As cyberattacks become more prevalent, ransomware stands out as one of the most dangerous threats to businesses. In the past two years, ransomware… [Unilateral Policies Are 99 Years Old And Still the Safest And Most Effective Form of Resale Price Maintenance]( K&L Gates Over 99 years ago, on June 2, 1919, the United States Supreme Court held in U.S. v. Colgate & Co. [1] that the Sherman Act [2] does not prevent a… [Nevada’s New Consumer Privacy Law Departs Significantly From The California CCPA]( Nevada Covington & Burling LLP On May 29, 2019, the Governor of Nevada signed into law Senate Bill 220 (“SB 220”), an act relating to Internet privacy and amending Nevada’s… [Browsewrap Terms Enforced Due to Customer Knowledge of Existence of Terms]( California Proskauer Rose LLP Last month, a California district court granted a web-based service’s motion to compel arbitration of a putative class action brought by a user whose… [Congress, Regulators, and Justice Department Gear Up to Investigate “Big Tech,” But Focus and Scope Under Current Law Remains Unclear]( Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP U.S. lawmakers, regulators, and agencies charged with antitrust oversight have long been criticized for failing to act on alleged anticompetitive… [Locksmiths locked out of lawsuit against search engines]( Venable LLP These days, Big Tech is Big News. While federal lawmakers have recently turned their attention to tech giants and their market power—and launched a… [The north face’s wikipedia stunt goes south]( Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP The North Face started an avalanche of controversy when it inserted the brand into Wikipedia entries about well-known mountain peaks to improve the… [Domino’s Petitions Supreme Court for Review of Unfavorable Website Accessibility Decision]( Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP Domino’s Pizza LLC has submitted a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review and reverse a decision from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals… [CARU Takes Action Against Two Mobile Apps]( Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP Two mobile apps directed at children were recently subject to action by the Children’s Advertising Review Unit. The first, “My Talking Tom,” is a… [Senator Tweets About Detox Teas and Danger to Public]( Baker & Hostetler LLP Is Senator Blumenthal’s FTC invocation weirdly tea-specific?… [FTC Stops “Free Trial” Marketers]( Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP The Federal Trade Commission entered proposed final orders settling June 2018 charges filed against several online marketers of e-cigarettes, dietary… [New York Department of Financial Services Unveils New Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection and Enforcement Divisions]( New York Troutman Sanders LLP New York State’s Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) has unveiled two new divisions focused on consumer protection, enforcement, and… [Anonymous Online Speech: Considerations for Victims and Speakers]( Texas Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP In today’s world — where social media has become a source of news for many — companies and individuals often find themselves the subject of negative… [Investigating Big Tech!]( Kelley Drye & Warren LLP Elizabeth Warren is calling for aggressive enforcement of the antitrust laws. The House Judiciary is opening hearings on big tech, and the Justice… [The International Encryption Debate: Privacy Versus Big Brother]( Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC Many governments, including the United States, are attempting to restrict the use of encryption services like WhatsApp and Snapchat to allow for a… [The Tor Browser Afforded CDA Immunity for Dark Web Transactions]( Utah Wisconsin Proskauer Rose LLP The District of Utah ruled in late May that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. §230 (“CDA”) shields The Tor Project, Inc… [Episode 268: “Treason” at the New York Times]( Audio Steptoe & Johnson LLP We interview David Sanger, whose recent New York Times article on US intrusions into the Russian grid was condemned as “a virtual act of treason” in… [The Newest SEC OCIE Risk Alert: Cloud Storage Is Great, If Your Cloud Is Secure!]( Greenberg Traurig LLP Nearly every day we learn of another company leaving tens or hundreds of millions of pieces of data or personally identifiable information on an… [Domino’s Files Petition for US Supreme Court Review of Unfavorable Website Access Decision]( Seyfarth Shaw LLP Domino’s filed its petition for writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court today, June 13, 2019, asking the Court to review and overturn the Ninth… [Recent Developments in Consumer Privacy Legislation and Cybersecurity Practices]( California Phillips Lytle LLP As regulators attempt to keep pace with the ever-changing technological landscape, legislation and agency guidance continue to evolve. Below, we… [What is Your Family Office Doing to Protect Itself From Security Threats?]( McGuireWoods LLP At least 25% of family offices have been subjects of cyberattacks, and nearly 40% of them lack a cyber security policy. Welcome to a three-part… [Maine’s New Internet Privacy Law: What You Need to Know]( Maine Pierce Atwood LLP Last week, Maine enacted an internet privacy law requiring broadband internet service providers (ISPs) to obtain a customer’s express, affirmative… [Companies Selling E-Liquids Must Follow Endorsement Guides]( Klein Moynihan Turco LLP On June 7, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) together issued four Warning Letters to… [US Internet of Things bill advanced to vote on House floor]( K&L Gates Just a few months ago, we blogged on the ‘Internet of Things’ (or IoT) legislation making an appearance in the US Senate. But now the legislation may… [Commercial Division Holds That Electronic Communications Between Out-of-State Defendant and New York-Based Company Can Support the Exercise of Personal Jurisdiction Over Defendants in New York]( New York Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP In High Street Capital Partners, LLC v. ICC Holdings, LLC, Justice Joel M. Cohen of the Commercial Division denied defendants ICC Holdings, LLC… [The Growing Source of ESI: Structured Data and Messaging Platforms]( Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP It takes a minute to come to terms with the definitions of "structured" and "unstructured" data. It seems logical to associate “formatting,” such as… [Nevada Passes Online Consumer Privacy Legislation]( Nevada Frost Brown Todd LLC States across the U.S. are rapidly passing new consumer privacy laws. In the first of this ongoing series of articles about these new laws and how… [AI/IoT Update: Congress Considers Measures to Support AI and IoT Technologies]( Covington & Burling LLP As policymakers weigh the implications of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and the Internet of Things (“IoT”), members of Congress have introduced a… [Congress: Week in Review | June 13, 2019]( McGuireWoods Consulting LLC The Senate spent the week considering another slew of judicial nominations, but on Tuesday, Senate Democrats tried to force a vote on House-passed net… [Conduct business in Nevada? If so, be aware that a new Nevada law gives consumers the right to opt-out of the sale of their personal information]( Nevada Newmeyer & Dillion LLP Governor Steve Sisolak recently signed into law Senate Bill 220 (“SB 220”), which gives consumers in Nevada the right to opt-out of having the… [Forget About Fake News, How About Fake People? California Starts Regulating Bots as of July 1, 2019]( California Greenberg Traurig LLP California SB 1001, Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17940, et seq., takes effect July 1, 2019. The law regulates the online use of “bots” - computer… [Court Partially Bars Advertisements Depicting Corn Syrup in Beer]( Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP A recent decision, MillerCoors v. Anheuser-Busch Cos., LLC, No. 19-cv-218-wmc, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 88259 (W.D. Wis. May 24, 2019), denied and… [Legal Aspects of Cloud Computing: Cloud Contracting]( Kemp IT Law Over the last few years, IT lawyers have seen a significant increase in the number and range of cloud contracts coming across their desks. This trend… [In ADA Website Accessibility Cases, Remediation May Be a Successful Defense]( New York Pepper Hamilton LLP Companies, universities and other organizations around the country continue to face an onslaught of lawsuits brought under the Americans with… [Even Yoginis Must Comply with the Endorsement Guides]( Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC In a new decision about influencer advertising,The Electronic Retailing Self-Regulation Program (ERSP) has recommended that Alo Yoga modify its… [Is Your Business Prepared to Survive a Ransomware Attack in 2019?]( Barnes & Thornburg LLP Last month, the global cyber risk and insurance company Beazley reported a dramatic increase in ransomware attacks. According to their tally of… [UK and Singapore Regulators Announce Enhanced Cybersecurity Collaboration]( Latham & Watkins LLP As leading global financial and FinTech centres, the UK and Singapore will benefit from strengthening their cybersecurity alliance. On 13 June 2019… [New State Department Social Media Requirement Expected to Cause Delays]( Ogletree Deakins Foreign nationals are now required to provide a five-year history of social media usernames, telephone numbers, and email addresses when applying for… [NAD Not Influenced by Verification Platform’s Claims]( Proskauer Rose LLP In a recent decision, the advertising industry self-regulatory body NAD recommended that influencer marketing firm Ahalogy tone down some of its… [Insight on Patent Marking]( Ehrlich Group Patent Marking is accomplished by labelling a manufactured product and/or its packaging, protected by patents(s), with patent identification… [Facing consumer backlash, Google revises smart speaker sweepstakes]( Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP Consumer World declared victory after Google added a free means of entry for a sweepstakes to win a free Google Home Max smart speaker. When Google… [Global] Internet & Social Media #top [Data security and breach notification in Canada]( Stikeman Elliott LLP A structured guide to data security and breach notification in Canada [Digital workplaces are the future for the legal industry]( HighQ The speed of business is accelerating. We see it happening across the legal industry as a direct result of widespread digital transformation. There is… [Domain Name Law]( Bardehle Pagenberg Nowadays, the domain name is far more than a web address. It usually is an important part of the trademark and communication strategy and entire… [The WhatsApp Hack - Practice Good Phone Hygiene and Update Your Apps]( Robinson & Cole LLP WhatsApp, the popular instant messaging app announced a hack and the exposure of a security flaw this week. 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