The latest issue of our Socially Aware newsletter is now available here.
Welcome to a special privacy issue of Socially Aware, focusing on recent privacy law developments relating to social media and the Internet. In this issue, we analyze a controversial European ruling that strengthens the right to be forgotten; we examine a recent California Attorney General report regarding best practices for compliance with the updated California Online Privacy Protection Act; we summarize the FTC’s recent settlement with Snapchat and its broader implications for mobile app developers; we report on a case filed by a French consumer association accusing three major social networking sites of using confusing and unlawful online privacy policies and terms of use; and we highlight the growing popularity of anonymous social apps and the security risks that they pose.
All this–plus a collection of thought-provoking statistics about online privacy…