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Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
FCC Issues Revised Rules Curbing Telemarketing Calls and Text Messages
On June 11, 2012, the Federal Communications Commission published its final revised rules requiring prior express written consent for autodialed or prerecorded telemarketing “calls” (including text messages) to wireless phones,…
Inside Privacy
Consent in EU Data Protection Law
By Dan Cooper
I recently published an editorial with the European Privacy Association regarding the concept of “consent” under the EU’s Framework Data Protection Directive that is available here. As the editorial explains,…
CommLawBlog
Don’t Touch That REC button . . .
By Harry Cole
The telephone rule strikes again! If only this licensee had paid attention to CommLawBlog.com, it could have avoided a $2,000 fine.
Global Media and Communications Watch
Spanish Supreme Court Annuls Limitation on Processing of Personal Data
By Hogan Lovells Tech and Telecoms
This blog post was provided by Belén Gámez in our Madrid office We previously reported that back in November, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") declared that…
Employment & Labor
Eighth Circuit Flexes Its Supervisory And Enforcement Powers In Remanding Rejection Of An EEOC Consent Decree
By Laura Maechtlen and Brian Wong When negotiating settlement terms with the EEOC, employers can expect the EEOC to make great efforts to incorporate expansive enforcement mechanisms into a proposed…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Carissima Mathen and Michael Plaxton on HIV, Consent, and Criminal Culpability
Carissima Mathen (University of Ottawa) & Michael Plaxton (University of Saskatchewan) have posted HIV, Consent and Criminal Wrongs on SSRN. Here is the abstract:Over a decade has elapsed since, in…
TortsProf Blog
Some Context for Consent in Sports
In my Torts class, we discuss consent to intentional torts in, among other contexts, sports -- in particular hockey. Given the interesting evident difference between what is technically prohibited and…
La Revue
Cookies : le consentement peut-il se paramétrer ?
La CNIL a enfin commenté, même si ce n’est que brièvement, la transposition en droit français de la réglementation relative aux cookies, et notamment sur la question du consentement par…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
France Introduces Prior Opt-in Consent for Cookies
On August 24, 2011, a new French Ordinance implementing the EU e-Privacy Directive came into effect. The law will require data controllers to obtain opt-in consent from individuals before installing…
Proskauer on Privacy
What’s new in Europe?
While the European Commission is seeking to update its 15-year-old Directive regarding the protection of personal data, several regulations have been passed to strengthen privacy rights in Europe. With all…