NLRB Holds “Facebook” Firing Justified on Alternative Grounds, but Finds...
As we have discussed on our blog, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has continued a campaign of enforcement actions against employers who, according to the NLRB, have unlawfully terminated...
View ArticleFTC Takes on Super Cookies
On November 8, 2011, the Federal Trade Commission announced that an online advertiser, ScanScout, agreed to settle FTC charges that it deceptively used "Flash" cookies (also known as super cookies) to...
View ArticleEPIC Alleges Epic FTC Fail In Google Saga; We Review the Complaint
On February 8, 2012, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) asked the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia to compel the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce the terms of...
View ArticleFTC Looks to Link Do-Not-Track, Big Data Privacy Concerns; Seeks Solutions
By Boris Segalis and Nihar Shah Nowadays, a news story on privacy is out of place if it doesn’t mention Do-Not-Track (known as “DNT”) or Big Data. While these hot topics represent key concerns for...
View ArticleCompanies Must Consider Their Travel Providers’ Data Practices, or Risk Being...
InfoLawGroup Counsel Andrew L. Hoffman contributed to this post. A recent BusinessTravelNews.com article highlights the importance and the challenges of maintaining the confidentiality of corporate...
View ArticleOnline Retailers Stumped by Internet Marketing Self-Regulation in an...
By Boris Segalis and Andrew L. Hoffman While the Internet can be thought of as a Wild West of many things, regulation is rarely thought as being one of them. However, at the height of the 2012 holiday...
View ArticleWhite House Cyber Security Order Likely to Have Long-Term Impact on Critical...
On February 12, 2013, following Congress’ failure to enact cybersecurity legislation, the Administration issues an executive order — entitled “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity” — that...
View ArticleNew HIPAA/HITECH Rules Implementation Roadmap: Countdown Begins to September...
Last week marked the effective date of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights comprehensive modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement and Breach...
View ArticleCybersecurity Effort Moves Forward – NIST Issues Final Critical...
Our Senior Counsel Mark Paulding assisted in the preparation of this post. There is little argument that the issue of information security has bipartisan support in Congress. It has been some time...
View ArticleRecord Number of Data Breaches for New Yorkers in 2013
Over the past eight years, the New York Attorney General’s office has been compiling statistics on data breaches pursuant to the state’s breach notification law. Earlier this week, Attorney General...
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