Category Archives: Privacy Law
White House Report May Have Long-Term Effect on Consumer Privacy and How Companies Do Business
Jason Casero, Heather Egan Sussman, and Jennifer S. Geetter of McDermott Will & Emery recently had an article regarding Consumer Privacy published in The National Law Review: A recent White House report on consumer data privacy forecasts a multifaceted approach to fulfilling public expectations regarding the protection of consumer’s personal information. Although it is uncertain if the report will result …
Privacy-on-the-Go: California Attorney General and Major Mobile Application Platforms Agree to Privacy Principles for Mobile Applications
Recently The National Law Review featured an article written by Cynthia J. Larose and Jake Romero of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. regarding Mobile Apps and Privacy: Application developers have been put on notice by the State of California. It is time to pay attention to user privacy and collection of information from user devices. In an effort …
Privacy Protection and Data Breaches: HR Tip of the Month
Recently posted at the National Law Review by Trent S. Dickey , David H. Ganz, and Jill Turner Lever of Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. - some important things for employers in New York and New Jersey to consider about identity theft of their employees’ information as well as their customers information: Identity theft is a major concern for employers who are …
Defining “Journalist”: Whether and How A Federal Reporter’s Shield Law Should Apply to Bloggers
The National Law Review is proud to announce that Laura Katherine Layton of Georgetown University Law Center is one of our Student Legal Writing Contest Winners for March of 2011. Laura’s article focuses on whether there should be a federal reporter’s shield law and whether it should apply to bloggers. In 2005, New York Times reporter Judith Miller …
Yes, It’s Data Privacy Day
Here’s some news – it’s Privacy Day ! The National Law Review was alerted to this news by Emily Holbrook of the Risk Management Monitor – read on: It may surprise you, as it did me, to learn that today is Data Privacy Day, an “international celebration of the dignity of the individual expressed through personal …
Final Genetic Information Non Discrimination Act “GINA” Regulations Impact All Employers
From National Law Review’s featured blogger Patricia Anderson Pryor of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, important information for both employers and employees about the Genetic Information Non Discrimination Act (“GINA”). On November 9, 2010, the EEOC published its final regulations concerning the employment aspects of the Genetic Information Non Discrimination Act (“GINA”). Although very few …
eDiscovery & Social Media
The National Law Review’s featured guest blogger last week was Meredith L. Williams of Baker Donelson provides some great insight on discovery issues related to social media sites: Social media is not going anywhere, so we must learn to live with it and use it to our advantage and within the confines of the newly …
Search and You’ll Be Found – Two Recent Lawsuits Allege that ISP’s Violated Privacy by Sharing Referrer Data.
From the National Law Review’s Featured Guest Blogger(s) this week Damon E. Dunn and Seth A. Stern of Funkhouser Vegosen Liebman & Dunn Ltd – some interesting insight on some recent lawsuits pending against Google and Facebook: Two recent lawsuits allege that internet service providers violated users’ privacy by sharing “referrer data” containing potentially identifying information. …
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