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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 (674,206 articles)]( [North America](#northamerica) | [Global](#global) [USA] [North America] Internet & Social Media #top [FCC Reduces Reporting Requirements for High Cost ETCs]( Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Four days after ETCs were required to submit FCC Form 481 (54.313 / 54.422 Data Collection Form); the FCC released an order streamlining the process… [Are Mandatory Software Inventory Tools on the Horizon?]( Scott & Scott, LLP Software licensing compliance is a complex task to manage. The metrics for measuring compliance often are a challenge to gather, and those metrics… [FTC Submits Public Comment to Working Group Tasked with Developing Guidance on IoT Security, Upgradability, and Patching]( Crowell & Moring LLP On June 19, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a public comment regarding the National Telecommunications & Information Administration’s… [Recent Nexus Developments: Washington Enacts Legislation Imposing Sales Tax Obligations on “Marketplace Facilitators,” and Ohio Enacts “Cookie Nexus” Law]( Ohio Reed Smith LLP The State of Washington has enacted sweeping economic nexus legislation that requires almost any online retailer making sales to Washington customers… [Changing Cybersecurity Threats in the Context of the Internet of Things: Don’t Blink or You’ll Miss It]( Hogan Lovells In this hoganlovells.com interview, Washington, D.C.-based Hogan Lovells senior associate Paul Otto talks about security issues created by the… [“Give the Money to One Percenters, Not to Non-Profits,” 11 State Attorneys General Argue]( Kelley Drye & Warren LLP On July 5, bipartisan Attorneys General from 11 states filed an astonishing brief in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, asking that court to reject… [New media rating seeks to bring common sense to gender stereotyping]( New York Ford & Harrison LLP When my son was five and constantly arguing and negotiating for extra dessert or whatever it was that he wanted at any given time, people would often… [FTC Updates COPPA Compliance Guidance]( Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP In an effort to reflect developments in the marketplace, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced revised compliance guidelines for the Children's… [Striving for Legal Compliance in Cyber Security: Tech Solutions]( Fenwick & West LLP Like the decades before it, the start of the 21st century has seen exponential growth in data volumes and data repositories/platforms. As a result… [Google: testing the rules?]( ENSafrica A highly unusual thing about Google, which according to Brand Finance has now become the world’s most valuable brand (USD109.4-billion), is that it… [2 jaar cel na valse Kung Fu Panda-claim]( Chiever Kunstenaar Jaime Gordon kan 2 jaar de cel in en krijgt een boete van U$ 3 miljoen. Een forse straf voor de man die in 2011 een valse copyright-claim… [Gone Phishing: Data Security Breaches Affect Start-Ups and School Districts Alike]( Husch Blackwell LLP Data security breaches are impacting long-standing and start-up corporations, as well as public and private entities. No one is immune from these… [#Clear and #Conspicuous Paid Partnerships: Instagram Lends Helpful Technology Hand]( Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP It is often considered difficult for endorsers to make appropriate disclosures of their paid partnership with a brand within the confines of social… [Indiana’s Slow Implementation of Fantasy Sports Law]( Indiana Klein Moynihan Turco LLP It has been a year since Indiana’s fantasy sports law went into effect. Nevertheless, in that time, the Hoosier State has only issued fantasy sports… [Connecticut Will Make You Disclose Personal Customer Data!]( Connecticut McDermott Will & Emery The Connecticut Department of Revenue Services (DRS) recently issued demand letters to many remote sellers requiring that they either: (a) provide… [Despite the Warnings, Corporate Cyber Defenses Remain Inadequate]( Foley & Lardner LLP Following WannaCry, how should businesses protect themselves from cyberattacks? If anything, 2017 will be remembered as the year of the cyber-attack… [Native Advertising, Influencers, And Endorsements: Where Is the Line Between Integrated Content And Deceptively Formatted Advertising?]( Venable LLP IF YOU HAVE READ A MAGAZINE OR SEEN a video online in the last five years, then you have likely encountered "native advertising." Also known as… [FTC Submits Comments on Security Support for IoT Devices]( Reed Smith LLP The Federal Trade Commission in June submitted comments to the working group convened by the U.S. Department of Commerce's National… [Three Tips for Avoiding Social Media Conflicts]( Dentons While most attorneys recognize the value of social media in promoting their practices, attorneys do not always apply the same level of care when using… [Sabre Cyber Breach: New Developments]( Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP There were new developments regarding the Sabre cyber breach this past week, as the travel industry and the public are learning more about its scope… [(Connected) Toy Story: The FTC Updates the COPPA Compliance Plan]( Davis Wright Tremaine LLP The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently issued an updated “Six-Step Compliance Plan for Businesses” (“Compliance Plan”) for entities subject to… [Compliance with COPPA: So easy, even a kid can do it]( Reed Smith LLP The Federal Trade Commission has published a new guide that seeks to make compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) as… [The Toys Have Eyes (and Ears): FTC Updates COPPA Guidance for Internet of Things]( McGuireWoods LLP The FTC has updated its Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA) Six-Step Compliance Plan for Your Business “to reflect developments in the… [Cloud Computing]( Bryan Cave LLP Most companies today use some form of cloud computing whether through software-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service, or infrastructure-as-a-service… [Three big questions about AI in financial services]( White & Case LLP To ride the rising wave of AI, financial services companies will have to navigate evolving standards, regulations and risk dynamics—particularly… [Court Rules That ADA Applies to Website]( Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP In what is believed to be the first court to hold a trial on the applicability of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to a retailer’s website, a… [But Is It Okay to Google His Name? T-Pain Not Guilty of Genericide]( Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP “Baby it’s okay, you can Google my name.” This line from T-Pain’s hit, “Bottlez,” became a focus in a recent Ninth Circuit trademark case on my… [Florida Federal Court Rules That Winn-Dixie’s Website Violated the ADA]( Florida Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Retailers throughout the country have been besieged by lawsuits and demand letters alleging that their websites are not accessible to the visually… [Policymakers Accelerate On Driverless-Car Cybersecurity]( Jenner & Block LLP Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao signaled earlier this year that although the U.S. Department of Transportation may make some changes to the… [Phone Hacked? Personal images stolen? 3 Essential Tips to Help You Respond Quickly]( Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP In the unfortunate event that your privacy has been breached and personal images have been stolen, there are several steps that can be taken to have… [Recent IoT Device Cases]( Crowell & Moring LLP “There are many ways to surveil each other now, unfortunately,” including “microwaves that turn into cameras, et cetera. So we know that that is just… [Employee Emails with Personal Attorney on Company Email System Were Not Privileged.]( Jenner & Block LLP In United States v. Finazzo, Nos. 14-3213-cr(L), 14-3330-cr(Con) (2d Cir. Mar. 7, 2017), the Second Circuit held that defendant waived any privilege… [The Curious Case of the “No Regulation Without Representation Act of 2017” - Legislation Supporting Quill in the Kill-Quill Era]( Baker McKenzie On June 12, 2017, Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) reintroduced into Congress H.R. 2887, also known as the “No Regulation Without Representation… [Moving Beyond #Ad: Instagram Unveils New Tool for Disclosing Endorsements]( Hogan Lovells Instagram recently rolled out a new feature to a select group of its users who use the social media platform for promotional purposes. This tool… [The European Commission's E-Commerce Report: Practical Lessons]( Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP July 10, 2017 The European Commission's E-Commerce Report: Practical Lessons For the last two years, the European Commission ("EC") has been carrying… [Is Artificial Intelligence the Key to Retail Survival?]( Goulston & Storrs PC In light of the sea change in the current retail landscape, which was punctuated by the recent acquisition of Whole Foods by Amazon, retailers today… [Enabling the Digital Single Market in Europe]( Hogan Lovells On June 19, Hogan Lovells Washington D.C. hosted a panel to discuss Europe’s Digital Single Market (DSM) initiative and how the European Union’s… [Federal Court Holds a Full Trial on Issue of Website Accessibility to Visually Impaired Users]( Squire Patton Boggs A U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida has held that Title VII of the ADA, applicable to “Public Accommodations” applies to the… [Law Firms’ Data Duty: Protecting Client Information From Cybercriminals]( McGuireWoods LLP The impact from the recent Petya/NotPetya ransomware attack — or what was reported as a ransomware attack but now appears to be something even more… [Illinois Becomes the First State to Pass a Geolocation Privacy Protection Bill]( Sidley Austin LLP On June 27, 2017, the Illinois General Assembly passed a bill seeking to limit the collection, use, retention, or disclosure of precise geolocation… [Global] Internet & Social Media #top [Data security and breach notification in Malta]( GVZH Advocates A structured guide to data security and breach notification in Malta [Electronic marketing and internet use in the United Kingdom]( Bird & Bird A structured guide to electronic marketing and internet use in the United Kingdom [Data Security and Cybercrime in Switzerland]( Walder Wyss A structured guide to data protection and cyber security in Switzerland [New BIMCO Guidelines, July 2017]( HFW Cyber security has been a recurring theme in maritime publications and industry conferences over recent years. At one end of the spectrum are those… [10 Questions you should ask about SLAs (Service Level Agreements) -which aren’t really Agreements!]( Gardere Many cloud agreements I negotiate fail to include any details about SLAs, so you may want to look at the CIO.com article about the details about SLAs… [10 Things You Need to Know about DAOs]( King & Wood Mallesons DAOs are a re-imagined form of business vehicle, somewhere between a collective investment structure, a partnership, a venture capital fund, and a… [No “Data”, No “Internet of Vehicles”]( King & Wood Mallesons “Internet of Vehicles” (IOV), also called the “intelligent connected vehicles”, as the name indicates, is a proposal to make automobiles and their… [Singapore Ranks First in UN Survey on Cybersecurity Strategy]( Baker McKenzie Earlier this month, the United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU) released its Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI), a survey which… Other top stories [How could Blockchain disrupt the music industry?]( [New York Issues Information Request on Use of Big Data in Life Insurance Underwriting]( [Who says pop music is dead?]( [Sweepstakes, Contests and Giveaways 101]( [Copyright Office Accounts for Supreme Court's Star Athletica Decision]( [Amendment To Japan’s Omnibus Data Protection Law Mean New Compliance Requirements For U.S. Multinational Employers With Operations In Japan]( [Documents Held by Third-Party Vendor: An “Interesting and Important” Washington Public Records Act Issue Left Unresolved]( [Sabre Data Breach May Require Hotels, Hospitality Agencies, and Other Companies to Notify Clients and/or Employees]( [Data breaches and due diligence]( [Countdown Begins for Cybersecurity Compliance]( International developments [Singapore Government issues Public Consultation on draft Cybersecurity Bill]( [S$2.4 billion worth of government tenders to be called; recent data privacy enforcement decisions]( [Singapore Releases Public Consultation Paper on Draft Cybersecurity Bill]( [Google will stop scanning emails to tailor ads]( [PRC Cyber Security Law - What are the Most Important Impacts on Foreign Businesses?]( [A fair shake of the sauce bottle? 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