OlenderFeldman LLP Data Protection and Privacy lawyers will attend the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Global Privacy Summit, to be held March 6-8 in Washington, D.C. The event will feature thousands of privacy industry professionals participating in dozens of educational sessions. If you would like to meetup with Michael, please send him an email or…
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Social Media and Discovery
Social networking sites, such as Facebook and MySpace, have become repositories of large amount of personal data. Increasingly this data is being viewed as relevant to all manner of litigation proceedings, and as such is increasingly being sought during discovery in civil litigation. Business and individuals that use social networking services should be aware of…
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Does your website comply with the European Union’s e-Privacy Directive?
Directive 2002/58 on Privacy and Electronic Communications, otherwise known as E-Privacy Directive, is an European Union directive on data protection and privacy in the digital age, which has been recently updated to require informed consent for non-essential cookies. Many of our clients transact business internationally and have websites that target European users. The European Union’s…
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FTC Proposes Revisions for COPPA
The Federal Trade Commission has proposed revisions that will bring the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act in line with 21st century technology, largely targeting social networks and online advertisers. By Alice Cheng Based on comments solicited last year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has posted proposed revisions to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).…
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