In the wake of the Edward Snowden’s intelligence leaks and increasing concerns about the use of personal information, the Center for Digital Democracy recently filed a Fair Trade Commission complaint alleging that 30 US Databrokers and data management firms had violated the European Union’s Privacy Directive Safe Harbor framework. According to the CDD, the collection
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Companies Need to be Better Prepared to Respond to Problematic Social Media Activity, Including Facebook “Likes”
The National Labor Relations Board has found that another employer (a non-union employer) violated its employees’ protected concerted activity rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when it disciplined and fired them for certain social media activity. Our Labor Group provides an extensive analysis of this decision in Triple Play Sports Bar and Grille…
FTC Amends Guidance to Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rules, Clarifying “Verifiable Parental Consent” Requirements
By Joseph J. Lazzarotti on
In response to reported on-going confusion regarding how to satisfy the “verifiable parental consent” requirements in Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) 15 U.S.C. §6501 et. seq. (1998), and its implementing regulations, 12 CFR Part 312 (2000), the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) revised its guidance on enforcement of the same. According to the…